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Morristown National Historical Park

Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path–Old Camp Road Trail, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 838 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path–Old Camp Road Trail, 4 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Morristown National Historical Park near Van Dorans Mills, NJ. It climbs 838 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi325 – 574 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Field Loop Spur Trail 40.74190, -74.55183
Nearest town Van Dorans Mills, NJ
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Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path–Old Camp Road Trail, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 838 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 323–575 ft

Out & Back · Morristown National Historical Park

Trailhead: Field Loop Spur Trail · 40.74190, -74.55183

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Sanctuary Driveway, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 300 ftBear left onto Dogwood Spur Trail, heading N.
  5. 450 ftTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto River Trail, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
  10. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading N.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading N.
  12. 300 ftTurn right onto Old Camp Road Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Outer Loop Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftReach Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Camp Road Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NW.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NW.
  19. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SW.
  20. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miSharp right onto River Trail, heading S.
  22. 250 ftBear right onto Dogwood Trail, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftTurn left onto Dogwood Spur Trail, heading SE.
  24. 450 ftBear right onto Sanctuary Driveway, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/grand-loop-trail-patriots-path-old-camp-road-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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