Red Trail
- 0.5 mi
- one way
- 36 ft
- climb
- 379 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
- Apr, Jun–Oct
- best months
Red Trail is a short, easy hike in the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in New Jersey, on county land about 0.47 miles long. It is a point-to-point route with a low point of 298 feet and a high of 379 feet, and the climb totals 36 feet of gain. The steepest stretch comes at about 0.15 miles in, with a 13% grade. The trail is part of the arboretum's network, and the Orange Trail starts just 0.1 mile away, with the Yellow Trail about 0.2 mile off. The Equestrian Trail is roughly 2 miles away. For paddling, Great Brook is about 4.3 miles away.
- Orange TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Yellow TrailHiking0.2 mi
Equestrian TrailHikingPhoto: bwise.knowem, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)2 mi- Great BrookCanoeing4.3 mi
Parsippany Rock HouseRock climbingPhoto: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.8 mi
Passaic RiverCanoeingPhoto: The original uploader was Decumanus at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.1 mi- Legend Rock (AKA Big Rock)Rock climbing6.1 mi
- Cedar Lake BouldersRock climbing8.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Equestrian TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: bwise.knowem, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Yellow TrailHiking · ~6 min drivePhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
White TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Yellow TrailHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Yellow TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Yellow TrailHiking · Next door
- Red TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Yellow TrailHiking · ~6 min drive
- Blue TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: hhm8, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- White TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Kitchell PondLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Watnong MountainSummit · ~7 min drive
- Parsippany Rock HouseRock climbing · ~8 min drivePhoto: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Passaic RiverCanoeing · ~10 min drivePhoto: The original uploader was Decumanus at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Red Trail
Best months: April and June–October. 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
38° / 21°
11 wet
Feb
40° / 22°
10 wet
Mar
48° / 29°
11 wet
Apr
61° / 39°
12 wet
May
71° / 49°
13 wet
Jun
81° / 59°
12 wet
Jul
85° / 64°
11 wet
Aug
84° / 62°
10 wet
Sep
77° / 54°
9 wet
Oct
64° / 42°
11 wet
Nov
53° / 33°
9 wet
Dec
42° / 26°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Boonton 1 Se, NJ, 6.9 mi away at 280 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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