Hillcrest Trail (Blue)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Jonathan's Woods near Meriden, NJ. It climbs 476 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi528 – 853 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.94482, -74.46149
Nearest town Meriden, NJ
Directions
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Hillcrest Trail (Blue)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 476 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 527–853 ft
Out & Back · Jonathan's Woods
Trailhead: 40.94482, -74.46149
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Hillcrest Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hillcrest Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Orange, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hillcrest Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Orange, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 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
34% dirt66% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Old Koehler Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Hillcrest Trail (Blue)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Orange band trail & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red) 4.5 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Ford Road Trail (Red)–Orange, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 278 ft
- Orange band trail & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red) 5.9 mi · ▲ 538 ft
- Little Bear Trail (Green) & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red) 6.1 mi · ▲ 546 ft
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