Lakeside Loop
- 1.3 mi
- loop
- 101 ft
- climb
- 252 ft
- high point
- Loop
- route
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- best months
Lakeside Loop is a short, easy loop hike of about 1.3 miles in Perrineville Lake Park, a county park in New Jersey. The trail is on county land, and the route rises from about 181 feet to about 252 feet, with the steepest stretch at roughly 0.58 miles in, where the grade reaches about 8 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. The Agress Trail and Midway Trail both start about 0.1 mile away, and the Rocky Brook Trail is about 0.3 mile off. For more time on the water, Assunpink Lake is about 3.9 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken42 mi away
- Bartram's Garden45 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Agress TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Midway TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Rocky Brook TrailHiking0.3 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 climbing8.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Agress TrailHiking · Next door
- Midway TrailHiking · Next door
- Rocky Brook TrailHiking · Next door
- Pine Creek TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Mine Hill TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Quail RunHiking · ~2 min drive
- Clayton Fields TrailHiking · ~10 min drive
- Assunpink ConnectionHiking · ~2 min drive
- Manasquan TrailHiking · ~13 min drive
- Union Transportation TrailHiking · ~9 min drive
Best time to visit Lakeside Loop
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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