Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 3 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 3 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Pleasantdale, NJ. It climbs 283 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 3 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 461–594 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Lenape Trail · 40.79808, -74.27349
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 66° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: PLEASANT VALLEY WAY + BELLE TERRE RD stop 674 m from the trailhead
- Start on Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 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 miBear left onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Billy Goat Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Billy Goat Way, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Whitbay Access, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading N.
- 1.5 miArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: PLEASANT VALLEY WAY + BELLE TERRE RD stop 674 m from the trailhead
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- Lenape Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 142 ft
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