Midway Trail
- 1.6 mi
- round trip
- 267 ft
- climb
- 231 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- best months
Midway Trail is an easy out-and-back hike in Perrineville Lake Park, a county park in New Jersey. The trail is about 3 miles long, with a total elevation gain of about 65 feet, and it starts at roughly 178 feet, rising to a high point of about 231 feet. The steepest stretch comes early, around 0.28 miles in, with a grade of about 8 percent. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Hightstown show May highs around 73°F and October highs around 66°F, while July averages about 87°F. The trail sits among several other short routes. Agress Trail and Lakeside Loop both start about 0.1 mile away, and Rocky Brook Trail is about 0.4 mile off. For more time on the water, Assunpink Lake is about 4 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.
- Agress TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Lakeside LoopHiking0.1 mi
- Rocky Brook TrailHiking0.4 mi
- Assunpink LakeLake fishing4 mi
- * bouldering mid-state NJRock climbing4.9 mi
Assunpink CreekCanoeingPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.2 mi- Manasquan RiverCanoeing8 mi
- Watchung ReservationRock climbing8.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Agress TrailHiking · Next door
- Lakeside LoopHiking · 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 Midway 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, 7.2 mi away at 100 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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