Helmetta Pond & Gray Trail via Snuffy Hollow Trail (Yellow)
3.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Helmetta Pond & Gray Trail via Snuffy Hollow Trail (Yellow) is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Jamesburg Park, NJ. The route reaches Helmetta Pond. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Helmetta Pond & Gray Trail via Snuffy Hollow Trail (Yellow)
3.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 42–113 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Red Trail Spur · 40.37828, -74.43702
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 67° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trail Spur, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Snuffy Hollow Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Helmetta Pond.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gray Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach Helmetta Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Red Trail Spur, heading NE.
- 0.1 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Trail Spur Trailhead
- Powerline Cut via Snuffy Hollow Trail (Yellow) 2.3 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Lincoln Boulevard via Snuffy Hollow Trail (Yellow) 2.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Helmetta Pond & Orange Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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