Red Blaze & Swampy Trail via Pingry Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 58 min
Red Blaze & Swampy Trail via Pingry Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Wyoming, NJ. It climbs 283 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Red Blaze & Swampy Trail via Pingry Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 58 min
Elevation 288–545 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Bear Lane · 40.74006, -74.29006
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bear Lane, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Lavender Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto South Lavender Loop Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto Swampy Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Red Blaze, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Swampy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto South Lavender Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto North Lavender Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bear Lane, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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