Yellow Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Yellow Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Lewis Morris County Park near Brookside, NJ. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Yellow Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 490–586 ft
Out & Back · Lewis Morris County Park
Trailhead: 40.78127, -74.56858
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Yellow Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Yellow Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Yellow Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Yellow Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Yellow Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Green Trail & Pink Dot Trail via Yellow Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 220 ft
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