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Mountainside Park

Mountainside Park via Red Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 443 ft · 51 min

Mountainside Park via Red Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Mountainside Park near Jacksonville, NJ. The route reaches Mountainside Park. It climbs 443 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi328 – 725 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Spur Trail 40.97114, -74.32471
Nearest town Jacksonville, NJ
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Mountainside Park via Red Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 443 ft · 51 min

Elevation 327–726 ft

Out & Back · Mountainside Park

Trailhead: Blue Spur Trail · 40.97114, -74.32471

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Blue Spur Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Mountainside Park.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Blue Loop Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miBear right onto Red Connector Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right onto Red-Blue Connector Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Loop Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Blue Spur Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 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/mountainside-park-out-back

Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Jacksonville, New Jersey