South Mountain Reservation

Openwood Trail–Red Blaze, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 313 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Openwood Trail–Red Blaze, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Newstead, NJ. It climbs 313 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 554 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.74621, -74.28166
Nearest town Newstead, NJ

Directions

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Openwood Trail–Red Blaze, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 313 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 288–554 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation

Trailhead: 40.74621, -74.28166

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Crest Trail, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Openwood Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading S.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 350 ftBear left onto Red Blaze, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miReach Openwood Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading NE.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Openwood Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crest Trail, heading E.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 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 surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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