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Delaware Canal National Heritage Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyPoint to Point
New Jersey

Delaware Canal National Heritage Trail

Trenton, New Jersey

14.2 mi

Distance

938 ft

Elev. Gain

Point to Point

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Delaware Canal National Heritage Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:10 ft
Max:32 ft
Gain:286 ft
Loss:285 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 10 ft and 32 ft across 16.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.10 ft17 ft25 ft32 ft0.0 mi4.1 mi8.1 mi12.2 mi16.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi21 ft
High point14.9 mi32 ft
End16.3 mi22 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Morrisville, PA · about 1 mi away

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Legacy import — verify before navigating

Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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