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Cooley Preserve

Shyhawks Island & Field Edge Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail

16.1 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 5 hr 32 min

Shyhawks Island & Field Edge Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Cooley Preserve near Raven Rock, NJ. The route reaches Shyhawks Island. It climbs 346 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi79 – 312 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.40996, -75.03540
Nearest town Raven Rock, NJ
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Shyhawks Island & Field Edge Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail

16.1 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 5 hr 32 min

Elevation 79–311 ft

Out & Back · Cooley Preserve

Trailhead: 40.40996, -75.03540

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn left onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.8 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 3.7 miPass Shyhawks Island.
  5. 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miReach Shyhawks Island, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Field Edge Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn left onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading SW.
  16. 5.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  17. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shyhawks-island-field-edge-trail-out-back-3-sights-20-km-6549

Trail surface

87% gravel1% grass1% paved11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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