Schiff Nature Preserve
Pleasant Valley Lake–North Gate Fire Road, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 48 min
Pleasant Valley Lake–North Gate Fire Road, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Schiff Nature Preserve near Ralston, NJ. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Lake at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 347 ft. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 630 ft2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.76340, -74.63229
Nearest town Ralston, NJ
Directions
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Pleasant Valley Lake–North Gate Fire Road, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 48 min
Elevation 384–630 ft
Out & Back · Schiff Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.76340, -74.63229
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto green, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto North Gate Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto white, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Critter Cove Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto white, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Pleasant Valley Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Critter Cove Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto white, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Gate Fire Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto green, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 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
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
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- North Gate Fire Road–blue, 5 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 638 ft
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