Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Hudsonia Overlook Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil
4.6 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Hudsonia Overlook Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Marcella, NJ. It climbs 496 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hudsonia Overlook Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil
4.6 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 716–1,013 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil · 40.96833, -74.47719
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Woods Road, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Shotgun Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Hermod Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Shotgun Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miBear right onto Woods Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil Trailhead
- Wildcat Ridge Trail via Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 1.9 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Oreland Rail Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 2.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Lake Telemark–Low Line, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 511 ft
- KDM Woods & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 4.4 mi · ▲ 449 ft
- Lake Telemark–Evergreen Trail, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 607 ft
- KDM Woods–Odin's Ladder, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 519 ft
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