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
- Start on Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Paradise Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Dunkers Pond Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Paradise Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 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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