Cedar Trail
Photo: kjarrett, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 1.5 mi
- one way
- 57 ft
- climb
- 107 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
- Apr, Jun
- best months
Cedar Trail is a short, easy hike of about 1.5 miles in Six Mile Run Reservoir Site, a state park in New Jersey managed by the State Department of Natural Resources. The trail is a point-to-point route with a steady climb, rising from about 86 feet to 107 feet, and the steepest stretch comes at roughly 0.7 miles in. The trail is rated easy and takes about half an hour to complete. It works well as a quick outing, and the route is gentle enough to fit into a longer day on the park's other trails. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in New Brunswick show May highs around 72°F and September highs around 78°F, with July peaking near 87°F. Creek Trail is about 0.7 miles away, and Blackwells Trail and Twisty Trail are each about 1.1 miles off. Lois Howe Nature Trail lies about 2.6 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken34 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Creek TrailHikingPhoto: kjarrett, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)0.7 mi
- Blackwells TrailHikingPhoto: kjarrett, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)1.1 mi
Twisty TrailHikingPhoto: Tainanian, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)1.1 mi
Lois Howe Nature TrailHikingPhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.6 mi- Sourland Mountain PreserveRock climbing8 mi
- SouthfieldRock climbing8 mi
- Half Moon AreaRock climbing8.1 mi
Devil's Half AcreRock climbingPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)8.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Creek TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: kjarrett, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Yellow TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: joe.ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Blackwells TrailHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: kjarrett, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Twisty TrailHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: Tainanian, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Lois Howe Nature TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Brown TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: joe.ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Orange TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Gary Miotla, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Red TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Gary Miotla, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Blue TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Gary Miotla, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Farrington Lake TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: grits2go, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Best time to visit Cedar 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
40° / 23°
11 wet · 4 snow
Feb
43° / 24°
10 wet · 4 snow
Mar
51° / 31°
11 wet · 2 snow
Apr
63° / 41°
12 wet
May
72° / 51°
13 wet
Jun
81° / 60°
11 wet
Jul
87° / 66°
11 wet
Aug
85° / 64°
10 wet
Sep
78° / 57°
9 wet
Oct
67° / 44°
10 wet
Nov
55° / 35°
9 wet
Dec
45° / 28°
10 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at New Brunswick 3 Se, NJ, 6.7 mi away at 111 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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