Toune Loop (2x) (Tourne County Park)

Tourne Loop (2x) (Tourne County Park)

Hike Type: Lollipop Loop-Loop

Distance: 2.70 miles

Elevation: 650 feet

Time: 47 minutes
Hiking Challenges: N/A

The Hike

It's officially my birthday weekend! My 30th birthday weekend! Beside the emotions I was dealing with yesterday (and today), I haven't had much birthday anxiety about the big three-zero, which has been good. Emma was officially in town! We were planning to go skiing at the American Dream Mall in the early afternoon, but I wanted to get a couple loops in at the Tourne "for my health" (actually to further solidify my local legend status). Emma is training for a baby triathalon, so she went for a run and I went for a hike!

It was a cooler 74 degrees with a slight breeze and significantly less humidity. Bugs were a little bothersome at the beginning, but not too bad elsewhere. I made it to the top and back down, and to my surprise the Wildflower Trail entrance was caution-taped off. Not sure if it was closed-closed or closed for a wasp or something like that, but it very much looked like we shouldn't enter (not that I was panning to anyway). I was pretty tired already on my second climb, but I was also going faster than usual so I had enough time to get home and shower. The cicadas and woodpeckers woke up around 8am, and soon enough I was back at the car!

The rest of the day was delightfully fun. We went to the Tick Tock Diner for a 10am breakfast, then did some shopping and drinking at the American Dream before meeting my summer work friend for some skiing from 1-3! We hoped to go down the shore to Donovan's afterwards to get some snow-and-sand, but there were TORRENTIAL downpours while we were skiing, which led to some insane traffic, so we opted to go back to mom's house and then out to Morristown for some live music before heading home to meet Jess and Bae, and then head to Atlantic City in the morning for the birthday party!

Step-by-Step

- Park on Denville Side of the Tourne. 

- Start hike on Yellow-Dot Trail.

- At terminus, turn left onto Yellow Trail.

- Loop the Yellow Trail as many times as needed.

- When done, turn left onto Yellow-Dot Trail and return to car.

Map of Tourne County Park

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