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Campground · 9.0 mi from the trail
New Jersey · Hiking · Near Hackettstown
Blue Trail
- 0.4 mi
- one way
- 277 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
- Easy
- difficulty
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- best months
Blue Trail is a short, easy loop in New Jersey, about 0.35 miles long and roughly flat, with a high point of 277 feet and a low of 272 feet. The trail is managed by a non-governmental organization, and the land is part of a network of trails that includes the Orange Trail and the Red Trail, both about 0.1 mile away. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically late spring and early fall. Typical averages from the nearby Canoe Brook weather station run from highs around 72°F in May to about 78°F in September, with July the warmest at about 86°F. The trail is easy to fit into a longer outing. The Green Trail lies about 0.4 mile away, and the White Trail is about a mile off. Paddlers can reach Great Brook, about 1.4 miles away, and the Passaic River, about 2.7 miles away.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Classic Cafe
Food court
On your way back · 1 mi
If it rainsZeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (commons)
More in HackettstownLocal outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken25 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Orange TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Red TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Green TrailHiking0.4 mi
- White TrailHiking1 mi
- Great BrookCanoeing1.4 mi
Passaic RiverCanoeingPhoto: The original uploader was Decumanus at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.7 mi- Legend Rock (AKA Big Rock)Rock climbing4.8 mi
Parsippany Rock HouseRock climbingPhoto: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Blue TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Yellow TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Primrose Brook TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Yellow TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Blue TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- White TrailHiking · ~5 min drive
- Red TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Aqueduct TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
White TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Yellow TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Also worth it near here
- Mount Kemble LakeLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Sugar LoafSummit · ~4 min drive
- Passaic RiverCanoeing · ~5 min drivePhoto: The original uploader was Decumanus at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Parsippany Rock HouseRock climbing · ~13 min drivePhoto: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Blue Trail
Best months: April–June and August–October. 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
39° / 22°
9 wet
Feb
42° / 23°
8 wet
Mar
50° / 31°
10 wet
Apr
62° / 40°
11 wet
May
72° / 50°
12 wet
Jun
82° / 60°
11 wet
Jul
86° / 66°
11 wet
Aug
85° / 64°
11 wet
Sep
78° / 56°
10 wet
Oct
66° / 44°
10 wet
Nov
54° / 35°
9 wet
Dec
44° / 28°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Canoe Brook, NJ, 7.6 mi away at 180 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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