Blair Creek Preserve
Orange Trail & Yellow Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Orange Trail & Yellow Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Blair Creek Preserve near Hardwick, NJ. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,001 – 1,070 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.06041, -74.94259
Nearest town Hardwick, NJ
Directions
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Orange Trail & Yellow Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 999–1,068 ft
Out & Back · Blair Creek Preserve
Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.06041, -74.94259
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 1 miReach Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 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
39% gravel61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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