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Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Highlands Trail, 3 sights

13.1 mi · ▲ 2,077 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Highlands Trail, 3 sights is a 13.1-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 2,077 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi709 – 1,293 ft · steepest grade: 21%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.02361, -74.56134
Nearest town Milton, NJ
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Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Highlands Trail, 3 sights

13.1 mi · ▲ 2,077 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Elevation 709–1,293 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.02361, -74.56134

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftSharp left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Purple Dot Trail, heading SW.
  4. 300 ftSharp left onto White Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Teal/Black Dot, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail (White), heading SE.
  12. 2.3 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 2.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Teal/Black Dot, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.9 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  18. 1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miSharp right onto Purple Dot Trail, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftBear left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beaver-brook-trail-white-highlands-trail-out-back-3-sights-21-km

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.9 mi in (~165 min). Leave by 4:18 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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