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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading N.
  4. 1.3 miPass Stony Brook.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 1.2 miPass Stony Brook.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 300 ftPass Stony Brook Swinging Bridge.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Founders' Walk, heading N.
  11. 400 ftTurn right onto Rogers Refuge blue trail, heading N.
  12. 200 ftPass Marsh Viewpoint.
  13. 300 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miReach Stony Brook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rogers Refuge blue trail, heading S.
  16. 500 ftTurn left onto Founders' Walk, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading SE.
  19. 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  20. 1.3 miTurn right onto Lawrence Hopewell Trail Connector, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 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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