Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint–NW Loop Trail (red), 3 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Moore, NJ. The route reaches Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint. It climbs 543 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint–NW Loop Trail (red), 3 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 543 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 44–476 ft
Out & Back · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain
Trailhead: Switchback Trail - yellow square · 40.31783, -74.90425
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Switchback Trail - yellow square, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miBear left onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Ridge Trail (white), heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Switchback Trail - yellow square, heading SW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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