North Gate Fire Road–blue, 5 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Schiff Nature Preserve near Ralston, NJ. It climbs 638 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi331 – 709 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.76340, -74.63229
Nearest town Ralston, NJ
Directions
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North Gate Fire Road–blue, 5 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 638 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 331–708 ft
Out & Back · Schiff Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.76340, -74.63229
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto green, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto North Gate Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto purple, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto blue, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach purple, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left onto purple spur, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto purple, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto green, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
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