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Campground
Campground · 0.8 mi from the trail
New Jersey · Hiking · Near Hackettstown
Oreland Trail
- 2.0 mi
- one way
- 277 ft
- climb
- 1,018 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Oreland Trail is a 2-mile point-to-point hike in New Jersey's Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. The route gains about 277 feet in elevation, with the high point at 1,018 feet and the low at 748 feet. It is rated easy, and the trail is open to bikes. The most comfortable months for a visit are late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 75°F, with July the warmest at about 83°F. The trail sits close to several other routes. Wildcat Ridge Trail and Four Birds Trail are each about 0.8 miles away, and Oreland Rail Trail is about 0.9 miles away. Climbers can find Hogs Pen about 3.3 miles off.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Telemark Pizza
Restaurant
On your way back · 2 mi
If it rainsJerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBoonton Historical Society and Museum
Museum
Museum · 5.9 mi from HackettstownHistorical society and museum in Boonton, New Jersey
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 (commons)
More in HackettstownLocal outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken28 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Wildcat Ridge TrailHikingPhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)0.8 mi- Four Birds TrailHikingPhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)0.8 mi
- Oreland Rail TrailHiking0.9 mi
- Hogs PenRock climbing3.3 mi
- b. North CentralRock climbing3.3 mi
- Cedar Lake BouldersRock climbing3.8 mi
Rockaway RiverCanoeingPhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.3 mi- Lake HopatcongLake fishing8.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Four Birds TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Wildcat Ridge TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Splitrock TrailHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Hibernia Brook TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Flyway SpurHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Old Koehler TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Righter Mine TrailHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
MeridenHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Beach Glen TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Meriden TrailHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: syvwlch, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Best time to visit Oreland Trail
Best months: April–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°
11 wet
Feb
39° / 19°
9 wet
Mar
47° / 27°
11 wet
Apr
59° / 38°
11 wet
May
70° / 48°
11 wet
Jun
78° / 57°
11 wet
Jul
83° / 61°
10 wet
Aug
81° / 59°
9 wet
Sep
75° / 52°
8 wet
Oct
63° / 41°
9 wet
Nov
51° / 32°
8 wet
Dec
41° / 25°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Charlotteburg Rsvr, NJ, 4.8 mi away at 778 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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