Orange Trail
- 0.6 mi
- loop
- 998 ft
- high point
- Loop
- route
- Easy
- difficulty
- Apr, Aug–Oct
- best months
Orange Trail is a short, easy loop hike on city land within Camp Jefferson, about 0.6 miles from the town of Woodport, New Jersey. The trail is 0.56 miles long and sits almost entirely flat, with a high point of 998 feet and a low of 980 feet. The steepest stretch comes at about 0.4 miles in, where the grade reaches 12 percent. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 71°F and September highs around 74°F, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. Several other trails lie close by. Winnona Trail is 0.8 miles away and PSEG Trail is about a mile off. Highlands; Lake Hopatcong Trail is roughly 1.3 miles away, and Lake Hopatcong offers fishing about 3 miles from the trail.
Local outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken34 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Winnona TrailHiking0.8 mi
- PSEG TrailHiking1 mi
- Highlands; Lake Hopatcong TrailHiking1.3 mi
- Lake HopatcongLake fishing3.1 mi
Rockaway RiverCanoeingPhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.5 mi- * bouldering North Central NJRock climbing5.9 mi
- s. RoncaRock climbing7.2 mi
- r. BenesRock climbing7.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Winnona TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Highlands; Lake Hopatcong TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Service Road???Hiking · ~2 min drive
- PSEG TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Highlands TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- James Leach BoardwalkHiking · ~3 min drive
- White TrailHiking · ~6 min drive
- Yellow Dot TrailHiking · ~3 min drive
- Ogden Mine Railroad TrailHiking · ~3 min drive
- Blue TrailHiking · ~3 min drive
Best time to visit Orange Trail
Best months: April and August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 19°
12 wet
Feb
39° / 20°
11 wet
Mar
48° / 28°
12 wet
Apr
61° / 38°
12 wet
May
71° / 48°
13 wet
Jun
79° / 57°
13 wet
Jul
84° / 62°
13 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
12 wet
Sep
74° / 52°
11 wet
Oct
63° / 42°
11 wet
Nov
52° / 32°
11 wet
Dec
41° / 25°
12 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Andover Aeroflex Ap, NJ, 7.4 mi away at 583 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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