Fountain of Youth & Kaiser Road Trail (Blue) via Appalachian Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Millbrook, NJ. The route reaches Fountain of Youth. It climbs 1,911 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi860 – 1,568 ft · steepest grade: 18%12.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.05511, -74.96105
Nearest town Millbrook, NJ
Directions
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Fountain of Youth & Kaiser Road Trail (Blue) via Appalachian Trail
12.2 mi · ▲ 1,911 ft · 5 hr 1 min
Elevation 859–1,568 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.05511, -74.96105
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Fountain of Youth.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 5 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 1 miReach Fountain of Youth, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 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
25% dirt7% gravel68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 4 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Fountain of Youth–Catfish Pond, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 197 ft
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