Maple Flats Trail & Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Sourland Mountain Preserve near Zion, NJ. It climbs 458 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 528 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail 40.46234, -74.72831
Nearest town Zion, NJ
Directions
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Maple Flats Trail & Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail
4 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 118–527 ft
Out & Back · Sourland Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail · 40.46234, -74.72831
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tributary Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Maple Flats Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Maple Flats Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Maple Flats Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tributary Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
More from Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail Trailhead
- Ridge Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Ridge Connector via Ridge Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Ridge Connector–Ridge Trail, 6 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 465 ft
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