Clyde Potts Reservoir

Clyde Potts Reservoir, Mendham, NJ (9/10/2011)

Menham isn't very far from us, and the hiking areas are easily reached by beautiful backroads, so we decided to head back there for the second consecutive hike and the third in as many weeks. Only a fraction of this out-and-back is in Menham, the vast majority being under the jurisdiction of Randolph Township. Using this map, we parked at the Calais Road trailhead in Menham (enough for 3-4 cars), headed north to Old Brookside Road where we had a sip of water before heading back south.

This map of the Randolph Township trail network gives more context to the area. The trail we hiked today was mostly gravel, old broken road, and newly paved surface. It was more a woods walk than a hike (we saw joggers and several folks walking their dogs). There were no views, no rock scrambles, no ponds or lakes, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, since it requires us to look elsewhere. And no doubt, there is beauty all around. Finally, while the trail traverses land of the Clyde Potts Reservoir, it doesn't actually visit the reservoir. It appears that Patriot's Path will eventually visit the reservoir or that it already does, depending on what map you trust.

Total distance hiked today was just over 5 miles in under 2.5 hours.

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