Orange Trail & Purple / Yellow Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Watchung Reservation near Mountainside, NJ. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 459 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Green / Purple / White Trail 40.68259, -74.37357
Nearest town Mountainside, NJ
Directions
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Orange Trail & Purple / Yellow Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 44 min
Elevation 263–460 ft
Out & Back · Watchung Reservation
Trailhead: Green / Purple / White Trail · 40.68259, -74.37357
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Green / Purple / White Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Purple / Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sierra Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue / White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Orange / White Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Green / Purple / White Trail, heading NE.
- 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 surface
19% dirt81% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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