New Brunswick trails · Zoo Trail
Zoo Trail
A 2.0-mile out-and-back in New Brunswick, with 92 ft of climbing. Reaches Frying Pan Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 2.0 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Frying Pan Lake (lake)
- Long Lake (lake)
- Harrigan Lake (lake)
- Owen Lake (lake)
Getting there
Zoo Trail access — parking nearby. 45.30056, -66.05558 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:08 a.m., the sun rises at 7:38 a.m. and sets at 6:41 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:10 p.m. (ADT) — 11 h 03 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.0-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 34 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:12 a.m. — 9 h 29 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Heart Rate Hill + Zoo Trail + Owen's Lake Enterance — 1.8 mi loop, 117 ft gain
- Zoo Trail + Sponge Bob + Long Lake — 2.8 mi loop, 306 ft gain
- Long Lake + Zoo Trail — 2.4 mi loop, 179 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Sheldon Point Trail — 5.9 mi
- Dam Beaver — 9.7 mi
- Split Rock Trail — 12.6 mi
- Black Beach Trail — 13.0 mi