Lake George–Bee-Line Trail, 5 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Schooley's Mountain County Park near Bartley, NJ. The route reaches Lake George at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 559 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi545 – 1,047 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Columbia Trail 40.81672, -74.72530
Nearest town Bartley, NJ
Directions
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Lake George–Bee-Line Trail, 5 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Elevation 544–1,048 ft
Out & Back · Schooley's Mountain County Park
Trailhead: Columbia Trail · 40.81672, -74.72530
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Columbia Trail, heading SW.
- 2.8 miTurn right onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Bee-Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Grand Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Highland Cut Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Lake George, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Highland Cut Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Grand Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bee-Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 2.7 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
69% gravel29% dirt1% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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