Aqual Trail–Lenape Yellow Blaze, 4 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Aqual Trail–Lenape Yellow Blaze, 4 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Millburn, NJ. It climbs 419 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi154 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.72874, -74.30779
Nearest town Millburn, NJ
Directions
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Aqual Trail–Lenape Yellow Blaze, 4 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 153–548 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: 40.72874, -74.30779
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 534 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Rahway Trail (White), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto South Lavender Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Cross Trail / North Lavender Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Wildflower Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cross Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Aqual Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Rahway Trail (White), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Cross Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Wildflower Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cross Trail / North Lavender Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto South Lavender Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Swampy Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt1% paved33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 534 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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