Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil & Wildcat Ridge Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Lake Telemark, NJ. It climbs 370 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi732 – 1,007 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.96459, -74.49607
Nearest town Lake Telemark, NJ
Directions
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Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil & Wildcat Ridge Trail
5 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 1 hr 51 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 miTurn left onto Woods Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Wildcat Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Woods Road, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.5 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
20% dirt16% gravel64% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 74°F62°
Precip5%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity74%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago (0.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
70°60°
Mon
76°53°
Tue
80°56°
Wed
83°62°
15%
Thu
78°62°
15%
Fri
70°51°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 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
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Beaver Pond, 5 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 662 ft
- Oreland Rail Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 6 mi · ▲ 399 ft
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