Flamingo–Billy Goat Way, 4 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Flamingo–Billy Goat Way, 4 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Saint Cloud, NJ. The route reaches Flamingo at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 402 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flamingo–Billy Goat Way, 4 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 382–582 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Lenape Trail · 40.79402, -74.27683
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Lenape Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Whitbay Access, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Billy Goat Way, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Mayapple, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Flamingo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Billy Goat Way, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Whitbay Access, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Lenape Trail, heading NE.
- 50 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 4 min before dark.
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