Ruckman Sunset Point & Ruckman Road via Orange Blaze
3.5 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Ruckman Sunset Point & Ruckman Road via Orange Blaze is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. The route reaches Ruckman Sunset Point at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 427 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ruckman Sunset Point & Ruckman Road via Orange Blaze
3.5 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 166–440 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Palisades · 40.98952, -73.92064
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start on Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Red Dot, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ruckman Road, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Ruckman Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Anderson, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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