Blair Creek Preserve
Sand Pond & Orange Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Sand Pond & Orange Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Blair Creek Preserve near Hardwick, NJ. The route reaches Sand Pond. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Sand Pond & Orange Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,009–1,068 ft
Out & Back · Blair Creek Preserve
Trailhead: Nobebosco Road · 41.06033, -74.94651
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 74°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nobebosco Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miReach Sand Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Nobebosco Road, heading W.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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