Pleasant Valley Lake–Franklin Parker Trail (white/black), 6 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Schiff Nature Preserve near Pleasant Valley, NJ. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Lake. It climbs 681 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi331 – 709 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Franklin Parker Trail (white/black) 40.75154, -74.61814
Nearest town Pleasant Valley, NJ
Directions
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Pleasant Valley Lake–Franklin Parker Trail (white/black), 6 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 331–708 ft
Out & Back · Schiff Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Franklin Parker Trail (white/black) · 40.75154, -74.61814
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Franklin Parker Trail (white/black), heading N.
- 50 ftPass Pleasant Valley Lake.
- 0.5 miBear left onto orange, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Gate Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto purple, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto blue, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Pleasant Valley Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto purple, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto North Gate Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto orange, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Franklin Parker Trail (white/black), heading S.
- 0.5 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
35% dirt65% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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