Agress Trail
- 0.7 mi
- round trip
- 176 ft
- climb
- 239 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- best months
Agress Trail is a 0.7-mile hike in New Jersey, about 0.1 mile from the town of Perrineville. It is a short out-and-back route, with a total round-trip distance of about 1.4 miles and a total elevation gain of about 176 feet. The trail starts at roughly 215 feet and reaches a high point of about 239 feet, with the steepest stretch at about 0.36 miles in, where the grade reaches about 9 percent. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Hightstown show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 78°F, while July averages about 87°F. Lakeside Loop and Midway Trail both start about 0.1 mile away, and Rocky Brook Trail is about 0.4 mile off. For time on the water, Assunpink Lake is about 3.9 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken42 mi away
- Bartram's Garden46 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Lakeside LoopHiking0.1 mi
- Midway TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Rocky Brook TrailHiking0.4 mi
- Assunpink LakeLake fishing3.9 mi
- * bouldering mid-state NJRock climbing5 mi
Assunpink CreekCanoeingPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.1 mi- Manasquan RiverCanoeing8.1 mi
- Watchung ReservationRock climbing8.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Lakeside LoopHiking · Next door
- Rocky Brook TrailHiking · Next door
- Midway TrailHiking · Next door
- Mine Hill TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Pine Creek TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Clayton Fields TrailHiking · ~10 min drive
- Quail RunHiking · ~2 min drive
- White TrailHiking · ~13 min drive
- Assunpink ConnectionHiking · ~2 min drive
- Manasquan TrailHiking · ~13 min drive
Best time to visit Agress Trail
Best months: April–June and August–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
41° / 21°
11 wet · 3 snow
Feb
43° / 23°
9 wet · 3 snow
Mar
51° / 30°
11 wet · 2 snow
Apr
63° / 39°
11 wet
May
73° / 48°
12 wet
Jun
82° / 58°
11 wet
Jul
87° / 63°
11 wet
Aug
85° / 61°
10 wet
Sep
78° / 54°
9 wet
Oct
66° / 42°
10 wet
Nov
55° / 33°
9 wet
Dec
46° / 27°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hightstown 2 W, NJ, 7.1 mi away at 100 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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