Rocky Brook Trail
- 2.6 mi
- round trip
- 641 ft
- climb
- 276 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- best months
Rocky Brook Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back hike in Perrineville Lake Park, a county park in New Jersey. The trail rises from a low point of 140 feet to a high of 276 feet, with the steepest stretch at about 1.4 miles in, where the grade reaches 9 percent. The climb totals 188 feet of elevation gain, and the route is rated moderate. 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 within Perrineville Lake Park, which is managed by county land. The Lakeside Loop and Agress Trail both start within half a mile. For more time on the water, Assunpink Lake is about 3.7 miles away, and the Manasquan River offers paddling roughly 8 miles out.
Local outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken43 mi away
- Bartram's Garden45 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Lakeside LoopHiking0.3 mi
- Agress TrailHiking0.4 mi
- Midway TrailHiking0.4 mi
- Assunpink LakeLake fishing3.7 mi
- * bouldering mid-state NJRock climbing5.3 mi
Assunpink CreekCanoeingPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.9 mi- Manasquan RiverCanoeing8.2 mi
- Watchung ReservationRock climbing8.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Lakeside LoopHiking · Next door
- Agress TrailHiking · Next door
- Midway TrailHiking · Next door
- Mine Hill TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Quail RunHiking · ~1 min drive
- Clayton Fields TrailHiking · ~9 min drive
- Assunpink ConnectionHiking · ~2 min drive
- Manasquan TrailHiking · ~13 min drive
- Pine Creek TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- White TrailHiking · ~14 min drive
Best time to visit Rocky Brook 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, 7.1 mi away at 100 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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