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Eagle Rock Reservation

Eagle Rock Reservation–Blue Trail, 5 sights

0.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 20 min

Eagle Rock Reservation–Blue Trail, 5 sights is a 0.9-mile out-and-back in Eagle Rock Reservation near West Orange, NJ. The route reaches Eagle Rock Reservation. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi581 – 653 ft1.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.80631, -74.23693
Nearest town West Orange, NJ
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Eagle Rock Reservation–Blue Trail, 5 sights

0.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 20 min

Elevation 582–651 ft

Out & Back · Eagle Rock Reservation

Trailhead: 40.80631, -74.23693

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Eagle Rock Reservation.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto Glen Bridle Trail, heading NE.
  5. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 250 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading NE.
  7. 400 ftContinue straight onto Afterglow Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Stony Brook Trail, heading N.
  9. 250 ftBear left onto Crest Trail, heading NE.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftReach Eagle Rock Reservation, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  18. 150 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crest Trail, heading NE.
  21. 200 ftBear right onto Stony Brook Trail, heading NE.
  22. 300 ftTurn left onto Afterglow Trail, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading NE.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 250 ftTurn left onto Glen Bridle Trail, heading SW.
  26. 250 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/eagle-rock-reservation-blue-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near West Orange, New Jersey