Red Dot via Orange Blaze
5 mi · ▲ 380 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Red Dot via Orange Blaze is a 5-mile out-and-back near Alpine, NJ. It climbs 380 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 492 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Anderson 40.97563, -73.93283
Nearest town Alpine, NJ
Directions
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Red Dot via Orange Blaze
5 mi · ▲ 380 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 166–492 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Anderson · 40.97563, -73.93283
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start on Anderson, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Palisades, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Red Dot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sandys Swagger, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lamont Rock, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading SW.
- 0.5 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM
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- Orange Blaze & Sneden-Haring-Lamont Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 263 ft
- Lamont Rock–Orange Blaze, 6 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 793 ft
- Lamont Rock–Red Dot, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 866 ft
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