Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve
Jacobs Creek Trail (white)–Red, 3 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 580 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Jacobs Creek Trail (white)–Red, 3 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve near Harbourton, NJ. It climbs 580 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Jacobs Creek Trail (white)–Red, 3 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 580 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Elevation 114–414 ft
Out & Back · Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve
Trailhead: Yellow · 40.35369, -74.83669
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Red, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto White, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Jacobs Creek Trail (white), heading SW.
- 3.1 miReach Yellow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.1 miTurn right onto White, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Yellow, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Red, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:07 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:27 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Trailhead
- Red & Yellow via White 2.6 mi · ▲ 245 ft
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