Grand Tour Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Grand Tour Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Monmouth Hills, NJ. It climbs 475 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Grand Tour Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 79–240 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.39196, -73.99709
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Grand Tour Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Laurel Ridge, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Candlestick Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Laurel Ridge, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Candlestick Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Laurel Ridge, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Grand Tour Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Grand Tour Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Highlands of Navesink & Grand Tour via Grand Tour Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 274 ft
- Cuesta Ridge Trail & Grand Tour Trail 3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Candlestick Trail & Cuesta Ridge Trail via Grand Tour Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 413 ft
- Laurel Ridge Sunset Point–Cuesta Ridge Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 529 ft
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