Name: Ridge Trail
Rating: 4.0

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The Ridge Trail moves around the perimeter of the park. Like its name suggests, the trail will climb along a ridge. If you follow the route in the direction mapped here, which is clockwise, you'll enjoy a longer though more leisurely ascent. This means that the final section before the parking lot will entail a dramatic drop.

Along the way, take in forested views and enjoy this secluded route.

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4.0 from 15 votes

#1

in Sourland Mountain Preserve

#7857

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4.0 from 15 votes

5 Star		33%
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3 Star		20%
2 Star		7%
1 Star		0%

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Aug 6, 2022

Claudia Guzman

wasp attack!

Jul 31, 2021

Randy Gerling

Trail dry, sunny 75 degrees and low humidity. Perfect hiking weather. Suggest going counter clockwise; a little steep at first and very rocky. Gradual — 2h 45m

Aug 21, 2020

Chris Sayko

Jul 22, 2020

Don Sherman

Jun 2, 2019

Dar Lin

May 17, 2019

Robert Krapf

Mar 30, 2019

Elijah Antinoro

Mar 30, 2019

Natasja S

Great woodland hike. Take care at the boulders; markers are confusing and it's easy to get turned around. 5.2mi

Jan 26, 2019

Nikki D

5.3mi

Jan 3, 2019

Valerie C

4.5mi

Dec 31, 2018

Nitu Sanghvi

Dec 31, 2018

Shan Shah

Nov 29, 2018

Andrew Lubin

Sep 29, 2018

Christopher Klingaman

Cool, rocky trail with lots of small water crossings. 4.5mi

Sep 24, 2018

Seongwoo Hwang

Jun 17, 2018

Amelia Vazquez

4.5mi

Dec 9, 2017

Craig Kenkelen

Beautiful trail. If taken counter-clockwise from the Mountain road parking lot, the initial stretch is a moderately challenging ascent.

Aug 20, 2017

T Mc

May 7, 2017

Roger Mitchell

2.2mi

Feb 18, 2017

Tim Grimes

hiked it backwards 5.8mi

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Ridge Trail

“Ridge Trail is a rocky trail that navigates over boardwalks and through boulders. ”

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Point to Point

535' 163 m

118' 36 m

504' 154 m

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