Lewis Morris County Park Beach & Pink Dot Trail via Orange Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 404 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Lewis Morris County Park Beach & Pink Dot Trail via Orange Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Lewis Morris County Park near Glen Alpin, NJ. The route reaches Lewis Morris County Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 404 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lewis Morris County Park Beach & Pink Dot Trail via Orange Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 404 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 462–607 ft
Out & Back · Lewis Morris County Park
Trailhead: Patriots' Path (Blue) · 40.76928, -74.53386
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pink Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Lewis Morris County Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Pink Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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