South Mountain Reservation

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

  1. Start on Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Bypass, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading E.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading S.
  6. 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.8 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto Red Blaze, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miReach Reservior Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SE.
  19. 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading N.
  24. 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading NE.
  25. 250 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading W.
  27. 350 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Bypass, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading N.
  29. 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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