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Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Lamont Rock, 8 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 847 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Lamont Rock, 8 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. The route reaches Orange Trail Access Sunset Point. It climbs 847 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 492 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Orange Trail Access 40.98436, -73.93175
Nearest town Rockleigh, NJ
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Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Lamont Rock, 8 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 847 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 116–492 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Orange Trail Access · 40.98436, -73.93175

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Orange Trail Access, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Orange Trail Access Sunset Point.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Orange Access, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading E.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading E.
  8. 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
  10. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Palisades, heading NE.
  17. 350 ftTurn left onto White, heading SE.
  18. 1.5 miTurn left onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow/White, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Yellow, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Blue/White Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto White/Yellow Link, heading W.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Yellow, heading W.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail, heading NW.
  25. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miBear left onto Alternate Route, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miBear left onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange/Red Link, heading SW.
  29. 0.1 miBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
  30. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Connector, heading SW.
  31. 150 ftTurn right onto Red Dot, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alternate, heading W.
  33. 300 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading SE.
  35. 500 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading SE.
  36. 450 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading SE.
  37. 250 ftBear left onto Orange Access, heading S.
  38. 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail Access, heading NW.
  39. 0.1 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/orange-trail-access-sunset-point-lamont-rock-out-back-9-sights-10-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.

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