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

  1. Start on Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Green Dot Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Waldon Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.8 miBear right onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Compton Gobel Road, heading W.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left onto Unmaintained Woods Road, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miReach Unmaintained Woods Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.8 miSharp right onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Compton Gobel Road, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right onto Waldon Road, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.7 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.3 miBear left onto Green Dot Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miBear right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading NW.
  25. 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.

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