Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Highlands Trail, 3 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 2,259 ft · 5 hr 10 min
Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Highlands Trail, 3 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 2,259 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Highlands Trail, 3 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 2,259 ft · 5 hr 10 min
Elevation 709–1,293 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail · 41.01441, -74.55735
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Unmarked, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Teal/Black Dot, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail (White), heading SE.
- 2.3 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Teal/Black Dot, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Unmarked, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.4 mi in (~158 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Highlands Spur Trail Trailhead
- Pink Dot Trail & Pink Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 377 ft
- Highlands Trail via Yellow Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 692 ft
- Green Trail–Red Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 626 ft
- Green Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Ogden Mine Railroad Trail & White/Highlands Trail 6 mi · ▲ 486 ft
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