Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail–Dunkers Pond Road, 3 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,102 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail–Dunkers Pond Road, 3 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back near Postville, NJ. It climbs 1,102 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,017 – 1,339 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Highlands Trail 41.10630, -74.43493
Nearest town Postville, NJ

Directions

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Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail–Dunkers Pond Road, 3 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,102 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 1,017–1,338 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Highlands Trail · 41.10630, -74.43493

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 1.1 miSharp left onto Paradise Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Dunkers Pond Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Paradise Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
  9. 1.1 miTurn right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 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

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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