Lake Carnegie & Millstone Reservoir via Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath is an 8.4-mile out-and-back near Rocky Hill, NJ. The route passes Millstone Reservoir before reaching Lake Carnegie at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi43 – 59 ft8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: D&R Canal TowpathTrailhead 40.39932, -74.62775
Nearest town Rocky Hill, NJ
Directions
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Lake Carnegie & Millstone Reservoir via Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath
8.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Elevation 44–59 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: D&R Canal TowpathTrailhead · 40.39932, -74.62775
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading S.
- 4.1 miPass Millstone Reservoir.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Delaware River Heritage Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Lake Carnegie, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading SW.
- 2.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.9 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
96% gravel1% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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