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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beacon Hill Trail (Red), heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Green Loop, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto Powder Mill to Mountain Way Park trail, heading E.
  12. 250 ftReach Beacon Hill Trail (Red), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 300 ftTurn right onto Green Loop, heading NE.
  14. 400 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Beacon Hill Trail (Red), heading E.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 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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