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Eastern Branch Reservoir & Vosseller Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Washington Valley Park East near Chimney Rock, NJ. The route reaches Eastern Branch Reservoir. It climbs 350 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi148 – 387 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow 40.58282, -74.55332
Nearest town Chimney Rock, NJ

Directions

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Eastern Branch Reservoir & Vosseller Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 147–387 ft

Out & Back · Washington Valley Park East

Trailhead: Yellow · 40.58282, -74.55332

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 66° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miPass Eastern Branch Reservoir.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Vosseller Access, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Vosseller Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miReach Eastern Branch Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Vosseller Access, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading S.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 76°F66°
Precip2%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun 71°60°
Mon 79°59°
Tue 81°60°
Wed 85°65°
Thu 83°67°
Fri 73°55°

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