Pond dialogue–Stony Brook, 4 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Institute Woods near Bakersville, NJ. The route passes Stony Brook, Stony Brook and Stony Brook Swinging Bridge before reaching Pond dialogue at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi52 – 95 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath 40.27907, -74.70099
Nearest town Bakersville, NJ
Directions
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Pond dialogue–Stony Brook, 4 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Elevation 53–95 ft
Out & Back · Institute Woods
Trailhead: Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath · 40.27907, -74.70099
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: Route 1 440'N of Bakers Basin Rd stop 459 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading NE.
- 2.3 miPass Stony Brook.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miPass Stony Brook.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftPass Stony Brook Swinging Bridge.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Founders' Walk, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Pond dialogue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% gravel2% dirt2% paved12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Route 1 440'N of Bakers Basin Rd stop 459 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath Trailhead
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- Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector via Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stony Brook via Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Whitehead Pond & Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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