Unmaintained Woods Road via Yellow Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Unmaintained Woods Road via Yellow Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back near Weldon, NJ. It climbs 600 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi955 – 1,106 ft8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ogden Mine Railroad Trail 41.00065, -74.58923
Nearest town Weldon, NJ
Directions
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Unmaintained Woods Road via Yellow Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 954–1,105 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ogden Mine Railroad Trail · 41.00065, -74.58923
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start on Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Green Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Waldon Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Compton Gobel Road, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Unmaintained Woods Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach Unmaintained Woods Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Compton Gobel Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Waldon Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Green Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
26% dirt74% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Ogden Mine Railroad Trail Trailhead
- Yellow Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Lake Shawnee via Yellow Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 304 ft
- Highlands Spur Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Waldon Road via Yellow Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Yellow Dot Trail & Yellow Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 559 ft
- Yellow Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 561 ft
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