Red Dot

4.8 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Red Dot is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Alpine, NJ. It climbs 319 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi292 – 492 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ruckman Road 40.97647, -73.92310
Nearest town Alpine, NJ

Directions

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Red Dot

4.8 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 292–492 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Ruckman Road · 40.97647, -73.92310

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Ruckman Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear left onto Alternate, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamont Rock, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Palisades, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miReach Red Dot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sandys Swagger, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lamont Rock, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot, heading SE.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading SE.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right onto Alternate, heading SE.
  23. 300 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading S.
  24. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 300 ftTurn left onto Ruckman Road, heading S.
  27. 0.2 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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