Tulip Springs–Lenape Yellow Blaze, 6 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 680 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Tulip Springs–Lenape Yellow Blaze, 6 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Millburn, NJ. The route reaches Tulip Springs at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 680 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tulip Springs–Lenape Yellow Blaze, 6 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 680 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 153–554 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Unblazed Trail · 40.72753, -74.30697
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 384 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Unblazed Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rahway Trail (White), heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Tulip Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Unblazed Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 384 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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