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Old Greystone Upper Reservoir & Old Greystone Lower Reservoir via Yellow Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Mountain Way Park near Franklin, NJ. The route passes Old Greystone Upper Reservoir before reaching Old Greystone Lower Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 263 ft. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi479 – 732 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.85342, -74.49851
Nearest town Franklin, NJ

Directions

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Old Greystone Upper Reservoir & Old Greystone Lower Reservoir via Yellow Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 263 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 478–733 ft

Out & Back · Mountain Way Park

Trailhead: 40.85342, -74.49851

Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 76°F / low 63° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 450 ftPass Old Greystone Upper Reservoir.
  6. 0.1 miPass Old Greystone Lower Reservoir.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 200 ftReach Old Greystone Upper Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 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.

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 76°F63°
Precip3%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity76%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun 73°59°
Mon 77°57°
Tue 81°59°
Wed 83°64°
Thu 80°65°
Fri 71°54°