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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Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint–NW Loop Trail (red) Loop, 4 sights is a 3.6-mile loop in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Moore, NJ. The route reaches Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 476 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Summit Trail 40.32328, -74.89967
Nearest town Moore, NJ

Directions

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Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint–NW Loop Trail (red) Loop, 4 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 225–475 ft

Loop · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain

Trailhead: Summit Trail · 40.32328, -74.89967

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Summit trail - Blue square, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Entrance to Baldpate Mtn Visitor Center, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Ridge Trail (white), heading E.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right onto Unmarked Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftReach Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Pleasant Valley Trail (white), heading W.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading S.
  8. 1 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading S.
  9. 0.2 miPass Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  11. 200 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 77°F67°
Precip3%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity70%
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 71°62°
Mon 78°56°
Tue 81°58°
Wed 85°63°
Thu 83°64°
Fri 74°51°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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