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Trailside view of Lake Solitude, High Bridge, NJ.jpg
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Lake Solitude via Columbia Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Lake Solitude via Columbia Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Pierce Heights, NJ. The route reaches Lake Solitude. It is mostly level, with 178 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi253 – 440 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Union Forge Greenway 40.66911, -74.88801
Nearest town Pierce Heights, NJ
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Lake Solitude via Columbia Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 253–439 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Union Forge Greenway · 40.66911, -74.88801

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Transit-accessible: High Bridge stop 720 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Union Forge Greenway, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Columbia Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftPass Lake Solitude.
  4. 2.1 miReach Lake Solitude, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.1 miBear left onto Union Forge Greenway, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-solitude-lake-solitude-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

89% gravel9% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: High Bridge stop 720 m from the trailhead

Hikes near Pierce Heights, New Jersey