Lewis Morris County Park
Pink Dot Trail via Orange Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 56 min
Pink Dot Trail via Orange Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Lewis Morris County Park near Glen Alpin, NJ. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi505 – 630 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue) 40.77490, -74.53822
Nearest town Glen Alpin, NJ
Directions
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Pink Dot Trail via Orange Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 56 min
Elevation 505–629 ft
Out & Back · Lewis Morris County Park
Trailhead: Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue) · 40.77490, -74.53822
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pink Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Pink Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pink Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 300 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue) Trailhead
- Yellow Trail Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Orange Trail & Yellow Trail Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Green Trail & Orange Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Aqueduct Loop Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path Loop, 5 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 320 ft
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