Crest Trail & Red Blaze
3.6 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Crest Trail & Red Blaze is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Newstead, NJ. It climbs 312 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi289 – 551 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.74621, -74.28166
Nearest town Newstead, NJ
Directions
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Crest Trail & Red Blaze
3.6 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 288–550 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: 40.74621, -74.28166
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Pingry Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Red Blaze, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Crest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto Crest Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
21% dirt79% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Longwood Trail–Openwood Trail, 5 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 239 ft
- Washington Rock & Crest Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Openwood Trail–Red Blaze, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 313 ft
- Elmdale Trail (Blue)–Lenape Trail (Yellow) Loop, 8 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 668 ft
- Oakdale Trail (Red)–Openwood Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 432 ft
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