Battery Viewpoint–Battery Loop, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back near Highlands, NJ. The route reaches Battery Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 113 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi138 – 243 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.39625, -73.98603
Nearest town Highlands, NJ
Directions
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Battery Viewpoint–Battery Loop, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 43 min
Elevation 137–242 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.39625, -73.98603
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Grand Tour, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Battery Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Battery Lewis Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Battery Loop, heading SE.
- 350 ftPass Battery Viewpoint.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Grand Tour, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Cuesta Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lighthouse Link, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
42% dirt30% paved23% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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