Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Lamont Rock, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 707 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Lamont Rock, 8 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. The route reaches Orange Trail Access Sunset Point. It climbs 707 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Lamont Rock, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 707 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 158–492 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.99336, -73.91522
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Sandys Swagger, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto White, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Palisades, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lamont Rock, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Orange Access, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail Access, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Orange Trail Access Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Orange Access, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Ravine, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Stoned Again, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ravine, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ravine, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Alternate, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Connector, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Orange/Red Link, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Alternate Route, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Yellow, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto White/Yellow Link, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue/White Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Yellow, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Palisades, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto White, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sandys Swagger, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Lamont Rock–Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail Loop, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 580 ft
- Orange Blaze–Red Dot, 5 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 533 ft
- Red Dot–Unblazed - Zeds Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 471 ft
- Lamont Rock–Orange Blaze Loop, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 734 ft
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