Little Bear Trail (Green) & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red) is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Rockaway Township Open Space near Meriden, NJ. It climbs 546 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi528 – 758 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.94482, -74.46149
Nearest town Meriden, NJ
Directions
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Little Bear Trail (Green) & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red)
6.1 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 527–759 ft
Out & Back · Rockaway Township Open Space
Trailhead: 40.94482, -74.46149
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Loren's Loop (Pink), heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Little Bear Trail (Green), heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Orange, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Loren's Loop (Pink), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Old Koehler Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Hillcrest Trail (Blue)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Orange band trail & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red) 4.5 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Ford Road Trail (Red)–Orange, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 278 ft
- Hillcrest Trail (Blue)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Orange band trail & Orange via Ford Road Trail (Red) 5.9 mi · ▲ 538 ft
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