Morristown National Historical Park · New Jersey

Cross Estate Trail

0.2 mi of trail, end to end · about 30 ft of climbing · 620 ft–655 ft · asphalt surface

620 ft 639 ft · 0.1 mi high 639 ft

Explore the Cross Estate Gardens and Hike to the NJ Brigade Encampment Site the Park Service's write-up

dogs allowed

Start NJ Brigade Encampment Area/Cross Estate Gardens

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You can go in any order once you arrive at the New Jersey Brigade Encampment Area and Cross Estate Gardens. The hike is approx. 1 mile to reach the encampment site (note: it is downhill going out, uphill coming back).

Accessibility The hiking trail to the NJ Brigade Encampment site is not ADA accessible. The gardens are accessible but the paths throughout the garden are gravel.

This hike on nps.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.