Washington Valley Reservoir–Eastern Branch Reservoir, 6 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Washington Valley Park West near Green Knoll, NJ. The route passes Washington Valley Reservoir and Washington Valley Reservoir before reaching Eastern Branch Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 306 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Washington Valley Reservoir–Eastern Branch Reservoir, 6 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 160–298 ft
Out & Back · Washington Valley Park West
Trailhead: Middle Brook Trail · 40.61084, -74.58882
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Middle Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Blue, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto White, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Coney Island, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Washington Valley Reservoir.
- 0.2 miPass Washington Valley Reservoir.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Eastern Branch Reservoir.
- 0.3 miReach Washington Valley Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto White, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Coney Island, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto White, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Middle Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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