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(green) & Falling Waters Trail via Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Schooley's Mountain County Park near Bartley, NJ. It climbs 549 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 902 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Columbia Trail 40.81438, -74.72863
Nearest town Bartley, NJ

Directions

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(green) & Falling Waters Trail via Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path

6.8 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 544–901 ft

Out & Back · Schooley's Mountain County Park

Trailhead: Columbia Trail · 40.81438, -74.72863

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading SW.
  2. 2.6 miTurn right onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left onto Falling Waters Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto (green), heading W.
  5. 450 ftReach Falling Waters Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 450 ftSharp right onto Falling Waters Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Patriots' Path, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left onto Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading SE.
  9. 2.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

73% gravel23% dirt1% paved3% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 77°F64°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity74%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 73°60° 16%
Mon 77°55°
Tue 80°56°
Wed 83°62°
Thu 80°64°
Fri 71°49°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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