AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cooley Preserve

Field Edge Trail & Orange Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Field Edge Trail & Orange Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Cooley Preserve near Frenchtown, NJ. It climbs 288 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi112 – 312 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail 40.52619, -75.06300
Nearest town Frenchtown, NJ
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Field Edge Trail & Orange Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Elevation 112–311 ft

Out & Back · Cooley Preserve

Trailhead: Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail · 40.52619, -75.06300

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Orange Trail / White Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftReach Field Edge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail / White Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Field Edge Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading N.
  19. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/field-edge-trail-orange-trail-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

57% gravel4% grass39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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