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Orange Trail
Photo: rpkelly22, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 1.1 mi
- one way
- 209 ft
- climb
- 703 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Orange Trail is a short, easy hike on county land in New York, set within the Johnsontown Road Property. The route is about a mile long, with a total elevation gain of 209 feet, and it is rated easy. The trail is a point-to-point route, and the climb is not steep overall. The steepest stretch comes at about 0.7 miles in, where the grade reaches 29 percent. The trail starts at roughly 561 feet and reaches a high point of 703 feet before descending to about 407 feet at the end. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the best bets. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 71°F and September highs around 76°F, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. That station sits several hundred feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the route run cooler. The Blue Trail lies just 0.1 mile away, and the Kakiat Trail and Stony Brook are both within a mile. Climbers can find the C U P area about 1.8 miles off.
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Best time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Orange 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
38° / 20°
10 wet
Feb
40° / 20°
8 wet
Mar
48° / 29°
10 wet
Apr
59° / 39°
11 wet
May
71° / 50°
12 wet
Jun
79° / 58°
11 wet
Jul
84° / 64°
10 wet
Aug
83° / 63°
10 wet
Sep
76° / 56°
8 wet
Oct
64° / 43°
9 wet
Nov
53° / 35°
8 wet
Dec
43° / 27°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Wanaque Raymond Dam, NJ, 10.7 mi away at 245 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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