Pink Dot Trail via Yellow Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Jockey Hollow Area near Glen Alpin, NJ. It climbs 379 ft. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi505 – 659 ft3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow 40.76570, -74.54275
Nearest town Glen Alpin, NJ
Directions
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Pink Dot Trail via Yellow Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 379 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 505–658 ft
Out & Back · Jockey Hollow Area
Trailhead: Yellow · 40.76570, -74.54275
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pink Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Pink Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
54% dirt46% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F64°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity69%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago (0.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
71°62°
Mon
78°56°
Tue
80°58°
Wed
84°62°
Thu
81°65°
Fri
72°52°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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