American Flag Rock–Lookout Point, 5 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 589 ft · 1 hr 36 min
American Flag Rock–Lookout Point, 5 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. The route passes Ancients Pond and Lookout Point before reaching American Flag Rock at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 589 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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American Flag Rock–Lookout Point, 5 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 589 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 457–863 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: Beech Mountain-Clove Trail · 40.98036, -74.21243
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Ancients Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Woodland Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Indians Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Lookout Point.
- 250 ftReach American Flag Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Indians Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Woodland Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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More from Beech Mountain-Clove Trail Trailhead
- Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Woodland Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 508 ft
- Ancients Pond–Dyn-O-Mite!, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 592 ft
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