Metedeconk Trail
- 0.9 mi
- round trip
- 89 ft
- climb
- 137 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr, Jun
- best months
Metedeconk Trail is a short, easy out-and-back hike in Turkey Swamp Park, a county-managed preserve in New Jersey. The trail is about 0.9 miles long and rises only about 20 feet from its low point of 111 feet to a high of 137 feet, making it a gentle walk that can be done in under an hour. The route is 1.8 miles long in total, with the steepest stretch at about 0.8 miles in, where the grade reaches 5%. The trail is an easy addition to a day spent exploring the park's network of interconnected paths. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the best bets. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Freehold-Marlboro show May highs around 72°F and September highs around 78°F, with July peaking near 86°F. Several other trails sit close by. Old Lenape Trail is about 0.4 miles away, and Manasquan Trail and Alder Trail are each about half a mile off. Paddlers can reach the Manasquan River, roughly 1.5 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken41 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Old Lenape TrailHiking0.4 mi
- Manasquan TrailHiking0.5 mi
- Alder TrailHiking0.5 mi
- Blueberry PathHiking0.8 mi
- Tighe connectorHiking1.2 mi
- Manasquan RiverCanoeing1.5 mi
- * bouldering mid-state NJRock climbing5.8 mi
Toms RiverCanoeingPhoto: Jonathan Schilling, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Perimeter TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: joiseyshowaa from Freehold, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Manasquan TrailHiking · Next door
- Cove TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: joiseyshowaa from Freehold, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Mine Hill TrailHiking · ~11 min drive
- Bracken TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: joiseyshowaa from Freehold, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Agress TrailHiking · ~13 min drive
Cedar TrailHiking · ~19 min drivePhoto: tedkerwin, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Rocky Brook TrailHiking · ~13 min drive
- Link TrailHiking · Next door
- Clayton Fields TrailHiking · ~18 min drive
Best time to visit Metedeconk 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
42° / 23°
11 wet
Feb
44° / 25°
9 wet
Mar
51° / 31°
10 wet
Apr
63° / 41°
11 wet
May
72° / 51°
13 wet
Jun
81° / 60°
11 wet
Jul
86° / 66°
10 wet
Aug
85° / 63°
10 wet
Sep
78° / 56°
9 wet
Oct
67° / 44°
10 wet
Nov
56° / 36°
10 wet
Dec
47° / 28°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Freehold-Marlboro, NJ, 9 mi away at 194 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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