Stony Brook–Stony Brook Swinging Bridge, 4 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Institute Woods near Princeton, NJ. The route passes Stony Brook, Stony Brook Swinging Bridge and Stony Brook. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi52 – 82 ft9.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Olden Trail 40.32979, -74.66266
Nearest town Princeton, NJ
Directions
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Stony Brook–Stony Brook Swinging Bridge, 4 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 53–81 ft
Out & Back · Institute Woods
Trailhead: Olden Trail · 40.32979, -74.66266
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pipeline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Founders' Walk, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Stony Brook.
- 400 ftPass Stony Brook Swinging Bridge.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading SE.
- 1.3 miPass Stony Brook.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 2.7 miReach Stony Brook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Founders' Walk, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 500 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
87% gravel2% dirt11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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