South Mountain Reservation

Red Blaze–Summit Trail, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Red Blaze–Summit Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Vauxhall, NJ. It climbs 283 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 554 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Summit Trail 40.74362, -74.28872
Nearest town Vauxhall, NJ

Directions

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Red Blaze–Summit Trail, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 288–553 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation

Trailhead: Summit Trail · 40.74362, -74.28872

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Summit Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading S.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftBear left onto Red Blaze, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miReach Summit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading N.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 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

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F64°
Precip1%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity71%
Rained 0.4″ yesterday (2.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:25 PM
Sun 75°60°
Mon 80°62°
Tue 84°63°
Wed 86°67°
Thu 83°68°
Fri 74°59°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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