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

  1. Start on Anderson, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading E.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading E.
  6. 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
  8. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Palisades, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miReach Red Dot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sandys Swagger, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lamont Rock, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot, heading SE.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading SE.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading SW.
  26. 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
  27. 400 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
  28. 100 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading S.
  29. 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading SW.
  30. 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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