Ridge Connector via Ridge Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Sourland Mountain Preserve near Zion, NJ. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi476 – 522 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail 40.46234, -74.72831
Nearest town Zion, NJ
Directions
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Ridge Connector via Ridge Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 476–523 ft
Out & Back · Sourland Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail · 40.46234, -74.72831
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start on Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Connector, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Ridge Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail Trailhead
- Ridge Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Maple Flats Trail & Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail 4 mi · ▲ 458 ft
- Ridge Connector–Ridge Trail, 6 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 465 ft
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