Cooley Preserve
Shyhawks Island–Blue Trail, 3 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Shyhawks Island–Blue Trail, 3 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Cooley Preserve near Barbertown, NJ. The route reaches Shyhawks Island at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 467 ft. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi112 – 351 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue Trail 40.49708, -75.04359
Nearest town Barbertown, NJ
Directions
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Shyhawks Island–Blue Trail, 3 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 110–351 ft
Out & Back · Cooley Preserve
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.49708, -75.04359
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Field Edge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Shyhawks Island, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 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
52% gravel4% grass44% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- Blue Trail & Orange Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Axelrod/Dixon-Flemming–Blue Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft
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