Tulip Springs–West Ridge Sunset Point, 7 sights
9 mi · ▲ 829 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Tulip Springs–West Ridge Sunset Point, 7 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Saint Cloud, NJ. The route passes West Ridge Sunset Point before reaching Tulip Springs at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 829 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tulip Springs–West Ridge Sunset Point, 7 sights
9 mi · ▲ 829 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 276–586 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Lenape Trail · 40.79402, -74.27683
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Lenape Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Whitbay Access, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Billy Goat Way, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Oakdale Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading S.
- 0.6 miPass West Ridge Sunset Point.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Yellow Bypass, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Tulip Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Bypass, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oakdale Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Mayapple Trail (Blue Dot), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape (Yellow), heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Billy Goat Way, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Whitbay Access, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lenape (Yellow), heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 4 min before dark.
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- Billy Goat Way–Lenape (Yellow), 5 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 429 ft
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