Pond dialogue–Stony Brook, 5 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Institute Woods near Princessville, NJ. The route passes Stony Brook, Stony Brook and Stony Brook Swinging Bridge before reaching Pond dialogue at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi52 – 95 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.29214, -74.70081
Nearest town Princessville, NJ
Directions
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Pond dialogue–Stony Brook, 5 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 53–95 ft
Out & Back · Institute Woods
Trailhead: 40.29214, -74.70081
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Stony Brook.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miPass Stony Brook.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftPass Stony Brook Swinging Bridge.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Founders' Walk, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Pond dialogue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
83% gravel3% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lawrence Hopewell Trail & Maidenhead Meadows Bridge and Path 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath & Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stony Brook & Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector via Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath 6.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stony Brook–Marsh Viewpoint, 6 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Whitehead Pond–Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, 3 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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