Tourne Loop (4x) (Tourne County Park)

Tourne Loop (4x) (Tourne County Park)

Hike Type: Lollipop Loop-Loop-Loop-Loop

Distance: 5.21 miles

Elevation: 1,283 feet

Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Hiking Challenges: N/A

The Hike

After a busy few days of work and friends, I was back to the Tourne (again)! I was up WAY too late last night, but still was hiking by 9:10am. Sadly and expectedly, there were lots of cars in the parking lot. It was only 73 degrees out, but it was also dreadfully humid. My watch's GPS was taking too long to connect, so I missed out on getting my segments for my local legend status, but it's fine...

I immediately ran into a (very sweet) child I taught at camp and her entire extended family... learned my lesson about coming here on a Saturday morning! I climbed up to the top and passed a few birch trees that were beginning to yellow? I wonder why they're changing colors so comically early. I had a lovely breeze on the way down followed by a wildly screeching bird, maybe a hawk? There were just a few gnats at the bottom of lap #1 and then a duo of pileated woodpeckers really going at a tree stump on my way up lap #2. I had a scary tummy sound on lap #3, and the bugs finally woke up for lap #4. To my delight, I didn't see many people at all after that first climb, and I was feeling good!

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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