Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Oreland Rail Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil
6 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Oreland Rail Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil is a 6-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Lake Telemark, NJ. It climbs 399 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oreland Rail Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil
6 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 732–1,009 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 40.96459, -74.49607
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 74°F / low 62° · precip 5% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Oreland Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading W.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.6 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 2.3 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- KDM Woods & Odin's Ladder 2.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft
- Lake Telemark–Cogswell Mine Trail, 7 sights 3 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 3.3 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 9 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 628 ft
- Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil & Wildcat Ridge Trail 5 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 5 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 662 ft
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