Pine Creek Trail
- 1.0 mi
- round trip
- 133 ft
- climb
- 214 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- best months
Pine Creek Trail is an easy, short hike in New Jersey, about a mile from Perrineville. It's an out-and-back route of about 2 miles, and the elevation change is gentle, with a high of about 214 feet and a low of about 161 feet, a total gain and loss of about 133 feet. 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 September highs around 78°F, while July climbs to about 87°F. The trail is a quick outing, and you can expect to spend about an hour on it. Mine Hill Trail is about half a mile away, and Midway Trail and Agress Trail are each about 0.7 miles off. For time on the water, Assunpink Lake is about 4.4 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.
- Mine Hill TrailHiking0.6 mi
- Midway TrailHiking0.7 mi
- Agress TrailHiking0.7 mi
- Assunpink LakeLake fishing4.4 mi
- * bouldering mid-state NJRock climbing4.4 mi
- Doctors CreekCanoeing7.3 mi
Assunpink CreekCanoeingPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.5 mi- Watchung ReservationRock climbing8.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Mine Hill TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Midway TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Agress TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Lakeside LoopHiking · ~1 min drive
- Rocky Brook TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Quail RunHiking · ~3 min drive
- Clayton Fields TrailHiking · ~11 min drive
- Assunpink ConnectionHiking · ~3 min drive
- White TrailHiking · ~12 min drive
- Meadows TrailHiking · ~9 min drive
Best time to visit Pine Creek 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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