Lehigh & Hudson Rail Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Lehigh & Hudson Rail Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Andover Junction, NJ. It is mostly level, with 29 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lehigh & Hudson Rail Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 572–611 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.00013, -74.74605
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Andover Junction Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Andover Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Andover Junction/Loop Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Lehigh & Hudson Rail Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miReach Lehigh & Hudson Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Andover Junction/Loop Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Andover Loop Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Andover Junction Trail, heading N.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Aeroflex–Whites Pond, 4 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Mount Nebo–Whites Pond, 7 viewpoints 3.6 mi · ▲ 217 ft
- Sussex Branch Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 202 ft
- Lake Iliff–Gardners Pond, 3 lakes 5.4 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Whites Pond–Twin Lakes, 6 sights 6 mi · ▲ 206 ft
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