AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Dismal Harmony Natural Area

Patriots' Path Connector Trail & Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path

5.7 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Patriots' Path Connector Trail & Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Dismal Harmony Natural Area near Mount Freedom, NJ. It climbs 753 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi463 – 906 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Randolph Trails/Patriots' Path (Blue) 40.82224, -74.58122
Nearest town Mount Freedom, NJ
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Patriots' Path Connector Trail & Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path

5.7 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 462–906 ft

Out & Back · Dismal Harmony Natural Area

Trailhead: Randolph Trails/Patriots' Path (Blue) · 40.82224, -74.58122

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 74°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Randolph Trails/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path, heading SE.
  3. 1.5 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto Patriots' Path, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Patriots' Path Connector Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miReach Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Patriots' Path, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miBear right onto Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
  12. 1.5 miTurn right onto Randolph Trails/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/patriots-path-connector-trail-yellow-trail-patriots-path-out-back

Trail surface

90% dirt10% gravel

Weather

OvercastTemperature 74°F62°
Precip2%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago (0.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun 69°60°
Mon 77°56°
Tue 80°59°
Wed 83°63°
Thu 80°64°
Fri 71°54°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from Randolph Trails/Patriots' Path (Blue) Trailhead

Hikes near Mount Freedom, New Jersey