Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 456 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. The route reaches Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 456 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 456 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 410–656 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98099, -74.23010
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Purgatory, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Purgatory, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Purple Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 9 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Purple Trail 2 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits 2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Purple Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 267 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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