2024-10-23 12 59 01 Autumn view of the forest along the Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail between the Ridge Trail and the Tributary Trail within the Sourland Mountain Preserve in Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.jpg
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Ridge Connector–Ridge Trail, 6 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Sourland Mountain Preserve near Zion, NJ. It climbs 465 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi121 – 528 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail 40.46234, -74.72831
Nearest town Zion, NJ

Directions

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Ridge Connector–Ridge Trail, 6 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 120–527 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

  1. Start on Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tributary Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Maple Flats Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tributary Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miSharp right onto Tributary Connector, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tributary Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Roaring Rocks Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ridge Connector, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miSharp left onto Texas Eastern Pipeline Trail, heading W.
  14. 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

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