Black Run Preserve: Red, White, Yellow & Blue Trail

This hike is a culmination of the 3 previous Black Run hikes that we've been on and explores the red, white and blue trails within the preserve. 

Trailhead
The trailhead for this is the junction between all 3 of the main trails (0.75 miles from the Kings Grant Drive/Crown Royal Parkway parking lot). We started at the lot and walked to the head of the trail. The order for this will be Blue > Red > White > Yellow > Red > Blue. 

Blazes
All of these trails are fairly well marked with the exception of the junction between white and red. 

Points along the way

• 0.75 Miles from parking lot - Trail Head
• 1 Mile from the parking lot - Red trail branches off to the right (red trail blaze above)
• 1.3 Miles from the parking lot - trail switches to white blazes and the white trail goes out to Kettle Run Rd
• 1.6 Miles from the start - White trail ends at Kettle Run Rd (turn around)
• 1.7 Miles from the start - Yellow trail branches to the right (we will use the Yellow trail as a bridge to get back to Red)
• 1.8 Miles from the start - rejoin the Red trail after crossing a "bridge"
• 2.1 Miles from the start - we rejoin the Blue trail across from the aeration ponds (make a right)
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Black Run Preserve: Blue Trail from Borton's Rd

This is the same Blue Trail as here (http://peanuttrailhiker.blogspot.com/2013/05/black-run-preserve-blue-trail.html) but in lieu of starting from the far end of the trailhead and walking the roughly 2 miles, this is a way to get it from the other side.  In this one we started on a sand road at the end of Borton's Rd and looped around the aeration ponds. 

Trailhead
The unofficial trail head for this is a sand road at the end of Borton's Rd. At the end of the paved road, back onto the sand road (unless you want to make a 3 point turn on the sand) and park on the side. Across the sand road is a sign indicating "no vehicles" which is the start of the path to the blue trail.Blazes
The path followed has a number of blazes because we hiked both the Blue and Red trails starting on the blue and taking a short stroll down the red. 

There are 2 possible paths to take at the start, we chose the left fork and followed the trail around to where it rejoined the blue trail. 

Points Along the Way

• 0.1 Miles the trail splits at a Y and it is possible to take either path as this is a loop
• 0.4 Miles from the start, the trail becomes muddied as there are several blue blazes. In all reality this takes you back to the sand road maybe about 500 feet from where you started in a round about manner
• 0.9 Miles from the start, the trail rejoins the main Blue trail (we made a left and looped around the aeration ponds)
• 1.1 Miles from the start, make a right and loop around the aeration ponds(the trail will double back in the direction you came)
• 1.6 Miles from the start, there is a red trail branch that goes toward one of the cranberry bogs, we made a right and followed this. 
• 1.7 Miles from the start, the trail turns into the woods, we walked in this way but it gets very narrow and not very dog friendly
• 2.1 Miles from the start, you are back at the intersection that you originally joined (walk straight through)
• 2.6 Miles from the start, you are back at the original Y intersection (0.1 miles from the trail start). 
• 2.7 Miles from the start, you will be back at the start. 

Photos

 This is the trail split

This is the junction with the blue trail

This is the cranberry bog drainage sluce

This is the cranberry bog from the edge by the red trail

 Back on the blue trail by the ponds

Evesham Municipal Utilities Authorities pipelines

On the map

Stats:

Total Distance: 2.7 Miles

Start Point: 199 Borton's Rd, Evesham, NJ

End point: Same

Hiked: 8:20 AM

Blueberry Hill: Green Trail

Blueberry hill is located between Haddonfield-Berlin Road and United States Avenue between Lindenwald and Gibbsboro, NJ. The trail up the hill can be accessed easily from the United States Ave rail trail starting from either Memorial Park or from the parking lot near the sports fields by Egg Harbor Rd. 

Trailhead
The official trail head for the Blueberry hill trail starts at milepost 0.6 on the United States Ave trail but since there is no adjacent parking, its worth the 0.5 mile walk from Memorial Park. 

Blazes
There are no actual markers on the Blueberry hill section of the trail and there are railroad milepost markers on the United States Ave trail. 

Points Along the way

• 0.7 Miles from the Memorial Park Parking lot, the Blueberry hill trail branches off to the right crossing over United States Ave. 
• 1 Miles from the parking lot, there is a loop trail that climbs up to the top of the hill, this is a crossroad between the trail that continues over to Haddonfield-Berlin Road, up to the hill, and back down to United States Avenue via an alternate path.  (we followed the loop trail up the hill to the right)
• 1.2 Miles from the parking lot is the crest of Blueberry hill with a view of the Philadelphia skyline. There are approximately 20 - 30 stairs to get to the summit via this path. 
• 1.5 Miles from the parking lot, the loop trail circles back around to the same crossroad down a sloped path (we continued right on the path toward Haddonfield-Berlin Rd)
• 1.7 Miles from the start, the trail crosses the Haney Run Branch, a small brook 
• 1.75 Miles, the trail ends by a driveway to a nearby house. 
• 2.8 Miles from the start, following the inverse of the loop trail, the trail rejoins the United States Ave trail. 

The total distance from start to finish is 3.4 Miles. 

Photos

 United States Ave Trail

 Abandoned Railroad tracks (the Rail in Rail Trail)










Crossroads at the base of the hill









Philadelphia Skyline from the summit

 Haney Run Branch

Peanut Certifying this trail 

Return back toward Blueberry Hill

On the Map

Black Run Preserve: Blue Trail

The Black Run Preserve (http://blackrun.org/) is an area located within the Kings Grant II section of Evesham township defined as "open space" with a network of trails and sand roads that traverse the area.  This is a region that used to have cranberry bogs and became part of the Kings Grant waste water treatment plant's aeration ponds. 


Trailhead
The start point for this hike is within the Kings Grant development at the point where Kings Grant Drive changes into Crown Royal Parkway. A small dirt parking log near the dog park is adjacent to the sand road that heads South/Southwest toward Black Run. No signs indicate that this is a trail. 

Blazes
The Blue trail is blazed with blue paint markers on trees sometimes with diamond shaped reflectors. 

Points along the way
Along the blue trail there are a few points of noteworthiness/mileage: 

• 0.5 Miles from the start, a small tributary road branches off to the left leading to an old rusty water tower used now as a Cell Tower
• 0.75 Miles from the start is a junction with the Green and Red trails
• 1.1 Miles from the start, the Red trail branches off to the right and passes one of the former cranberry bogs
• 1.5 Miles from the start, the White trail rejoins the blue trail from the right
• 1.6 Miles from the start, the first of 2 aeration ponds are on the left, we followed this path 
• 1.88 Miles from the start, a variant of the Red trail branches off again and goes into the woods 
• 2.13 Miles from the start, the Red trail dead ends at a sand road (there is another trail that extends from either side) 
• 2.76 Miles from the start, we turned back at a junction in the Blue trail (walk back from here was 1.77 Miles)

Photos

 Sand Road Trail

White Trail Branches off 

View down the trail

Aeration Pond (dry) 

Junction where we turned around

On the Map

http://www.mapmytracks.com/explore/track/1013942