Sidewinder via Orange Blaze
4.4 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Sidewinder via Orange Blaze is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. It climbs 596 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 538 ft4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Palisades 40.98952, -73.92064
Nearest town Rockleigh, NJ
Directions
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Sidewinder via Orange Blaze
4.4 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 166–537 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.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Alternate, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Hang Em High, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Scout, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sidewinder, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Anderson, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 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 NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Orange Blaze, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Red Dot, heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Palisades, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM
More from Palisades Trailhead
- Orange Blaze 2.3 mi · ▲ 271 ft
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