Wild Turkey & Yellow Scout via Orange Blaze
3.8 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Wild Turkey & Yellow Scout via Orange Blaze is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Rockleigh, NJ. It climbs 467 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 440 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Palisades 40.98952, -73.92064
Nearest town Rockleigh, NJ
Directions
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Wild Turkey & Yellow Scout via Orange Blaze
3.8 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 166–440 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Palisades · 40.98952, -73.92064
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start on Palisades, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Palisades/Red Dot Link, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Red Dot, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connector, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Blaze, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Stoned Again, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Anderson, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Yellow Scout, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Anderson, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Wild Turkey, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Yellow Scout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Anderson, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Yellow Scout, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Anderson, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Anderson, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Blaze, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Stoned Again Connector, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Stoned Again, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Orange to SA Shortcut, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Orange Blaze, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Red Dot, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Orange/Red Link, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Dot, heading E.
- 150 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM
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