South Mountain Reservation

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.

Elevation

0 mi154 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unblazed Trail 40.72753, -74.30697
Nearest town Millburn, NJ

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Unblazed Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Rahway Trail (White), heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading E.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading N.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading N.
  13. 250 ftSharp left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miReach Tulip Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading W.
  16. 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.8 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading S.
  22. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow/Red Blaze, heading S.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Unblazed Trail, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 384 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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