Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Orange Access, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Orange Trail Access Sunset Point–Orange Access, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. The route reaches Orange Trail Access Sunset Point. It climbs 484 ft 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–Orange Access, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 158–440 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Palisades · 40.98952, -73.92064
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start on Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Red Dot, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Orange Access, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail Access, heading NW.
- 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 SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Ravine, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Stoned Again, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ravine, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ravine, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Alternate, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Connector, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Red Dot, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading NW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Palisades Trailhead
- Orange Blaze 2.3 mi · ▲ 271 ft
- Orange Blaze 2.3 mi · ▲ 271 ft
- Orange Blaze 3.1 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Orange Blaze 3.1 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Ruckman Sunset Point & Ruckman Road via Orange Blaze 3.5 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- Red Dot–Ruckman Road, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 443 ft
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