2014-08-27 16 05 14 Yellow flowers along the Meadow-Pond Trail in the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, New Jersey.JPG
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Meadow/Pond Trail & Watershed Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Watershed Reserve near Hopewell, NJ. It climbs 262 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi174 – 345 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Watershed Trail 40.38264, -74.77466
Nearest town Hopewell, NJ

Directions

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Meadow/Pond Trail & Watershed Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 262 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 174–344 ft

Out & Back · Watershed Reserve

Trailhead: Watershed Trail · 40.38264, -74.77466

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Watershed Trail, heading SE.
  2. 2 miTurn right onto Watershed Trail / Meadow/Pond Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Meadow/Pond Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Boardwalk Trail / Meadow/Pond Trail, heading S.
  5. 350 ftReach Watershed Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftBear left onto Meadow/Pond Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Watershed Trail / Meadow/Pond Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading NE.
  9. 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% boardwalk

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F68°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity68%
Rained 0.6″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 73°63°
Mon 79°59°
Tue 81°58°
Wed 86°64°
Thu 83°66°
Fri 74°52°