Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 5 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Saint Cloud, NJ. It climbs 374 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 458–597 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Whitbay Access · 40.78576, -74.28434
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Whitbay Access, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Billy Goat Way, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Lower Mayapple, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lenape Bow, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Billy Goat Way, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Whitbay Access, heading N.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Whitbay Access Trailhead
- Lenape Trail via Lenape (Yellow) 2.3 mi · ▲ 152 ft
- Mayapple Hill–Billy Goat Way, 5 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Lenape Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Orange Reservoir–Billy Goat Way, 6 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 495 ft
- Crater View–West Ridge Sunset Point, 9 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,041 ft
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