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Yellow Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Jockey Hollow Area near Glen Alpin, NJ. It climbs 267 ft. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi515 – 659 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow 40.76570, -74.54275
Nearest town Glen Alpin, NJ

Directions

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Yellow Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 267 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 515–658 ft

Out & Back · Jockey Hollow Area

Trailhead: Yellow · 40.76570, -74.54275

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
  6. 500 ftSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
  10. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 450 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
  15. 500 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow, heading S.
  19. 50 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

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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