Garret Mountain Reservation

New Street Reservoir & Barbour Pond via Yellow Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 52 min

New Street Reservoir & Barbour Pond via Yellow Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Garret Mountain Reservation near Paterson, NJ. The route passes Barbour Pond before reaching New Street Reservoir at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 467 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi246 – 446 ft · steepest grade: 36%2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Morris Canal Greenway 40.90775, -74.18188
Nearest town Paterson, NJ

Directions

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New Street Reservoir & Barbour Pond via Yellow Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 52 min

Elevation 246–448 ft

Out & Back · Garret Mountain Reservation

Trailhead: Morris Canal Greenway · 40.90775, -74.18188

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start on Morris Canal Greenway, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miPass Barbour Pond.
  5. 0.2 miReach New Street Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto White Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left onto Morris Canal Greenway, heading E.
  8. 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

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.

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