Hello Kitty Trail–Orange Trail, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Watchung Reservation near Mountainside, NJ. It climbs 362 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 433 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Green / Purple / White Trail 40.68259, -74.37357
Nearest town Mountainside, NJ
Directions
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Hello Kitty Trail–Orange Trail, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 263–432 ft
Out & Back · Watchung Reservation
Trailhead: Green / Purple / White Trail · 40.68259, -74.37357
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Green / Purple / White Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Orange / White Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue / White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Sierra Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Hello Kitty Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftReach Orange Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue / White Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Orange / White Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Green / Purple / White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 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
51% dirt3% gravel46% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Green / Purple / White Trail Trailhead
- Orange Trail & Purple / Yellow Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- White Viewpoint–Orange Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 527 ft
- Seele–White Viewpoint, 5 sights 6 mi · ▲ 641 ft
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