High Mountain Park Preserve

Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 606 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. The route reaches Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 606 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi410 – 646 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98778, -74.24923
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ

Directions

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Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 606 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 410–646 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: 40.98778, -74.24923

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading E.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 1 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miBear right onto Purgatory, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miReach Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Purgatory, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.7 miSharp left onto Purple Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miArrive 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

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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