Stony Brook–Marsh Viewpoint, 6 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Institute Woods near Princessville, NJ. The route passes Stony Brook, Stony Brook, Stony Brook Swinging Bridge and Marsh Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi52 – 75 ft7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.29214, -74.70081
Nearest town Princessville, NJ
Directions
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Stony Brook–Marsh Viewpoint, 6 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 53–74 ft
Out & Back · Institute Woods
Trailhead: 40.29214, -74.70081
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Stony Brook.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miPass Stony Brook.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftPass Stony Brook Swinging Bridge.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Founders' Walk, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Rogers Refuge blue trail, heading N.
- 200 ftPass Marsh Viewpoint.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Stony Brook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rogers Refuge blue trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Founders' Walk, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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 surface
82% gravel5% dirt2% grass11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lawrence Hopewell Trail & Maidenhead Meadows Bridge and Path 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath & Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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