2024-09-15 17 45 05 View east along the Pleasant Valley Trail Eastern Spur between the Pleasant Valley Trail and the Ridge Trail within the Ted Stiles Preserve on Baldpate Mountain in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg
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Pleasant Valley Trail (white) & blue via Ridge Trail (white) is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Titusville, NJ. It climbs 689 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi102 – 449 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: blue 40.32062, -74.87570
Nearest town Titusville, NJ

Directions

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Pleasant Valley Trail (white) & blue via Ridge Trail (white)

4.2 mi · ▲ 689 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 100–450 ft

Out & Back · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain

Trailhead: blue · 40.32062, -74.87570

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on blue, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto Permanently Closed, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Copper Hill Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Unmarked Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Pleasant Valley Trail (white), heading W.
  7. 0.5 miReach blue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Unmarked Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Permanently Closed, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto blue, heading S.
  13. 0.4 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

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F68°
Precip3%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity67%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 72°63°
Mon 79°57°
Tue 82°59°
Wed 86°65°
Thu 84°66°
Fri 75°52°

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