High Point State Park
AT Observation Platform–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints
3.7 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 1 hr 36 min
AT Observation Platform–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Mount Salem, NJ. The route passes High Point Beach, Lake Marcia and Appalachian Viewpoint before reaching AT Observation Platform at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 720 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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AT Observation Platform–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints
3.7 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,087–1,695 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 41.32932, -74.64313
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miPass High Point Beach.
- 50 ftBear left onto Monument Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Marcia.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach AT Observation Platform, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Monument Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 150 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- High Point–High Point Monument, 7 viewpoints 4.3 mi · ▲ 820 ft
- Lake Marcia & High Point Beach via Appalachian Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 745 ft
- Steeny Kill Lake–Lake Marcia, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 932 ft
- Monument Viewpoint–Lake Marcia, 5 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,556 ft
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