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Crystal Springs Preserve

Old Orchard Trail–Orange, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 504 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Old Orchard Trail–Orange, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Crystal Springs Preserve near Mount Lebanon, NJ. It climbs 504 ft. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 1,027 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.76343, -74.87611
Nearest town Mount Lebanon, NJ
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Old Orchard Trail–Orange, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 504 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 841–1,028 ft

Out & Back · Crystal Springs Preserve

Trailhead: 40.76343, -74.87611

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 74°F / low 63° · precip 1% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto White, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miBear left onto Orange, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 500 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto White, heading SE.
  10. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Orchard Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Unmarked, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Orchard Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Orchard Trail, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miReach White, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Orchard Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked, heading N.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Orchard Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Orchard Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto White, heading SW.
  25. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 500 ftBear left, heading E.
  28. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  29. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  30. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  31. 500 ftTurn right onto White, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.7 miArrive 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/old-orchard-trail-orange-out-back-5-sights-8-km

Trail surface

21% grass79% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 74°F63°
Precip1%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity75%
Rained 0.8″ 2 days ago (1.1″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 70°59°
Mon 76°54°
Tue 78°55°
Wed 82°60°
Thu 79°63°
Fri 70°48°

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