Lamont Rock–Red Dot, 4 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 866 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Lamont Rock–Red Dot, 4 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Alpine, NJ. It climbs 866 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lamont Rock–Red Dot, 4 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 866 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 115–492 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sidewinder · 40.97453, -73.93476
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start on Sidewinder, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Anderson, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Yellow/White, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Roaring Ravine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Sidewinder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow/White, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lamont Rock, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sidewinder, heading S.
- 350 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.
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- Big Tony–Sidewinder, 4 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 368 ft
- Green Blaze–Sidewinder Loop, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Orange Blaze & Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 263 ft
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- Red Dot via Orange Blaze 5 mi · ▲ 380 ft
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