Orange Trail & The Plunge is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Stephens State Park near Saxton Falls, NJ. It climbs 522 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi597 – 1,145 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Patriots' Path / Highlands Trail 40.88115, -74.80655
Nearest town Saxton Falls, NJ
Directions
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Orange Trail & The Plunge
2.8 mi · ▲ 522 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 598–1,146 ft
Out & Back · Stephens State Park
Trailhead: Patriots' Path / Highlands Trail · 40.88115, -74.80655
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 75°F / low 64° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Patriots' Path / Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Patriots' Path/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto The Plunge, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Stephens Park Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path/Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Patriots' Path / Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 75°F64°
Precip2%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity77%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
72°60°
15%
Mon
77°55°
Tue
79°56°
Wed
83°62°
Thu
80°64°
Fri
71°49°
More from Patriots' Path / Highlands Trail Trailhead
- Morris Canal Greenway 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Orange Trail Loop via White Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 635 ft
- The Plunge & xx via White Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Orange Trail–Patriots' Path/Highlands Trail Loop, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 629 ft
- "THE" Golden Trail & The Plunge via White Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- Middle Maze & Red-White Trail via Maze Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 345 ft
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