Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits
2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. The route passes Buttermilk Falls before reaching Beech Mountain at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 382 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits
2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 422–813 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: Purple Trail · 40.98314, -74.22893
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Purple Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Buttermilk Falls.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 3, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Beech Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Purple Trail Trailhead
- Purple Trail 2 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Purple Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Buttermilk Falls & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 495 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Ancients Pond, 7 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 974 ft
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