Thompson Park

Lake Manalapan–Blue Trail, 7 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Lake Manalapan–Blue Trail, 7 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Thompson Park near Jamesburg Gardens, NJ. The route reaches Lake Manalapan. It climbs 252 ft. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi56 – 164 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: White Trail 40.34097, -74.42871
Nearest town Jamesburg Gardens, NJ

Directions

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Lake Manalapan–Blue Trail, 7 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 54–163 ft

Out & Back · Thompson Park

Trailhead: White Trail · 40.34097, -74.42871

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 68° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on White Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Manalapan.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto Red / Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Gravel Hill Trail (white), heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.3 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

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 80°F68°
Precip5%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity70%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:25 PM
Sun 74°64°
Mon 82°65°
Tue 84°64°
Wed 88°67°
Thu 85°72°
Fri 76°60°

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