Arapaho Trail–Blue Half Moon Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Arapaho Trail–Blue Half Moon Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back near Mahola, NJ. It climbs 330 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,125 – 1,276 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange/Highlands Trail 41.01593, -74.61429
Nearest town Mahola, NJ
Directions
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Arapaho Trail–Blue Half Moon Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,126–1,277 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Orange/Highlands Trail · 41.01593, -74.61429
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange/Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Blue Half Moon Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Half Blue Moon Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Arapaho Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Orange/Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Half Blue Moon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Half Moon Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 50 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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