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South Mountain Reservation

Lenape Yellow Blaze–Openwood Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Lenape Yellow Blaze–Openwood Trail, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Millburn, NJ. It climbs 406 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi194 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Maple Falls Trail 40.72773, -74.30394
Nearest town Millburn, NJ
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Lenape Yellow Blaze–Openwood Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 193–554 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation

Trailhead: Maple Falls Trail · 40.72773, -74.30394

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: Millburn stop 223 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow/Red Blaze, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading N.
  5. 400 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Openwood Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crest Trail, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftReach Lenape Yellow Blaze, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 400 ftContinue straight onto Openwood Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lenape-yellow-blaze-openwood-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Millburn stop 223 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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