South Loop Trail, 1.1 miles to Pretty Brook Road

Around 45 minutes, depending on pace.

This trail is primarily intended to be a connector with the Mountain Lakes area and Woodfield Reservation. It connects with the Stuart trail running from the Great Road to Mountain Lakes North.

White blazes, with tree limbs lining the trail in most areas

Enter at Stuart Road entrance to PDS. Drive straight ahead and park in spaces alongside athletic fields. Trail can be accessed by heading north across the bottom of the field to a point just west of the landscaped berm along the entrance road. Please put a note in your windshield that says you are using the hiking trails.

Please put note in your windshield that says you are on hiking trails.

This trail is primarily intended to be a connector between the Mountain Lakes area and Woodfield Reservation. It connects with the Stuart Trail running from The Great Road to Mountain Lakes North, but the section from The Great Road to the PDS parking lot is currently (November, 2008) unusable, and hikers should instead parallel the route along the edge of the road (see description below). This situation will hopefully be corrected in 2009.

Princeton Day School is on The Great Rd. (Elm Rd.), approximately 1.6 miles north of Route 206 in Princeton Township.

From Philadelphia and the south:

Take Interstate 95 north across the Delaware River to Exit 7B (Lawrenceville/ Princeton) onto Route 206 north.

Drive approximately five miles north on Route 206 to Elm Road. Turn left on Elm Road, which becomes the Great Road.

Proceed 1.6 miles and then turn left into the Princeton Day School campus. Enter at Stuart Road Entrance and drive toward athletic fields. Park in spaces along athletic fields.

From New York and the north:

Take the New Jersey Turnpike south to Exit 9. Immediately you will see Route 18 North. Follow for a very short distance and look for sign to Route One south(Trenton). Take Route One south into the Princeton area. Turn right onto Washington Road, and travel through three traffic lights. At the third traffic light turn left onto Nassau Street.

Proceed through three more traffic lights, bearing left onto Route 206 south just after the third light.

Proceed through another traffic light and then turn right at the next traffic light onto Elm Road, which becomes the Great Road. Proceed approximately 1.6 miles and then turn left into the Princeton Day School campus. Enter at Stuart Road Entrance and drive toward athletic fields. Park in spaces along athletic fields.