2024-09-15 17 26 57 View north along the Pleasant Valley Trail between the NW Loop Trail and the Pleasant Valley Trail Eastern Spur within the Ted Stiles Preserve on Baldpate Mountain in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg
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NW Loop Trail (red)–Pleasant Valley Trail (white), 5 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Moore, NJ. It climbs 732 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi62 – 436 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pleasant Valley Trail (white) 40.33502, -74.89930
Nearest town Moore, NJ

Directions

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NW Loop Trail (red)–Pleasant Valley Trail (white), 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 732 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 62–436 ft

Out & Back · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain

Trailhead: Pleasant Valley Trail (white) · 40.33502, -74.89930

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 4% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Pleasant Valley Trail (white), heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading S.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading E.
  5. 450 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Summit trail - Blue square, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Red square, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miReach Pleasant Valley Trail (white), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto blue square, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Summit Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading N.
  14. 450 ftSharp right onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pleasant Valley Trail (white), heading W.
  16. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

42% dirt1% gravel57% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F68°
Precip4%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity66%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 72°63°
Mon 80°58°
Tue 82°59°
Wed 86°65°
Thu 84°66°
Fri 75°53°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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