Beech Mountain-Clove Trail & Purple Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Beech Mountain-Clove Trail & Purple Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. It climbs 357 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beech Mountain-Clove Trail & Purple Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 410–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.96914, -74.22115
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: William Paterson U Valley Road Facility stop 241 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Purple Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miReach Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: William Paterson U Valley Road Facility stop 241 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 5 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 858 ft
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