Red Blaze–Reservior Road, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 2 hr
Red Blaze–Reservior Road, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Newstead, NJ. It climbs 535 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi276 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lenape Trail (Yellow) 40.75557, -74.29297
Nearest town Newstead, NJ
Directions
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Red Blaze–Reservior Road, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 276–554 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Lenape Trail (Yellow) · 40.75557, -74.29297
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Bypass, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Red Blaze, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Reservior Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Bypass, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 50 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
87% dirt13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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