Beacon Hill Trail (Red) & Powder Mill to Mountain Way Park trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Mountain Way Park near Shongum, NJ. It climbs 587 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi646 – 958 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.85072, -74.51941
Nearest town Shongum, NJ
Directions
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Beacon Hill Trail (Red) & Powder Mill to Mountain Way Park trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 587 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 646–958 ft
Out & Back · Mountain Way Park
Trailhead: 40.85072, -74.51941
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 74°F / low 63° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Beacon Hill Trail (Red), heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Green Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Powder Mill to Mountain Way Park trail, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Beacon Hill Trail (Red), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Green Loop, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Beacon Hill Trail (Red), heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
7% dirt93% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 74°F63°
Precip2%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity75%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
71°59°
Mon
77°56°
Tue
80°59°
Wed
83°63°
Thu
80°64°
Fri
71°54°
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- White Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 409 ft
- Watnong Mountain & Beacon Hill Trail (Red) 3.2 mi · ▲ 624 ft
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