Washington Rock–Orange Reservoir, 8 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Washington Rock–Orange Reservoir, 8 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Saint Cloud, NJ. The route passes Orange Reservoir and Flamingo before reaching Washington Rock at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Washington Rock–Orange Reservoir, 8 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 315–554 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Reservoir Loop / Zoo Loop (Green Dot) · 40.76897, -74.28318
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Zoo Loop (Green Dot), heading S.
- 50 ftPass Orange Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Flamingo.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Hillspur Road, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Swampy Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pingry Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Lenape Yellow Blaze, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Washington Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pingry Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Swampy Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Summit Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Hillspur Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Reservoir Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Zoo Loop (Green Dot), heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Reservoir Loop / Zoo Loop (Green Dot) Trailhead
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- Crater View–Orange Reservoir, 9 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 312 ft
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