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
- Start on Ruckman Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Alternate, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading N.
- 0.7 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 N.
- 50 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 N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Alternate, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Ruckman Road, heading S.
- 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
More from Ruckman Road Trailhead
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- Big Tony–Orange Blaze Loop, 6 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 353 ft
- Lamont Rock & Red Dot 3.9 mi · ▲ 448 ft
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