Point Mountain–Orange Viewpoint, 3 summits is a 6-mile out-and-back in Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation near Penwell, NJ. The route passes Point Mountain before reaching Orange Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,627 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi453 – 1,004 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.78451, -74.89190
Nearest town Penwell, NJ
Directions
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Point Mountain–Orange Viewpoint, 3 summits
6 mi · ▲ 1,627 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 454–1,003 ft
Out & Back · Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: 40.78451, -74.89190
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miPass Orange Viewpoint.
- 50 ftReach Point Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Orange, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 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
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,268 ft
- White Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,296 ft
- White Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,296 ft
- White Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,244 ft
- White Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,244 ft
- Blue Trail & White Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft
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