Beech Mountain-Clove Trail–North Ancients- 2, 3 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 588 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Beech Mountain-Clove Trail–North Ancients- 2, 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Preakness, NJ. It climbs 588 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi433 – 787 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97174, -74.22471
Nearest town Preakness, NJ
Directions
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Beech Mountain-Clove Trail–North Ancients- 2, 3 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 588 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 433–787 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.97174, -74.22471
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: William Paterson U Valley Road Facility stop 507 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto North Ancients- 3, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach North Ancients- 3, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto North Ancients- 2, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 3, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Purgatory, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: William Paterson U Valley Road Facility stop 507 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Purple Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 33 ft
- Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 209 ft
- Ancients Pond–Dyn-O-Mite!, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 778 ft
- Woodland Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 5 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,016 ft
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