High Point State Park
Blue Dot Viewpoint & Appalachian Viewpoint via Appalachian Trail
1.7 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 38 min
Blue Dot Viewpoint & Appalachian Viewpoint via Appalachian Trail is a 1.7-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Colesville, NJ. The route passes Blue Dot Viewpoint before reaching Appalachian Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 119 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Dot Viewpoint & Appalachian Viewpoint via Appalachian Trail
1.7 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 38 min
Elevation 1,495–1,605 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Mashipacong Trail · 41.30544, -74.67208
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ranger Lane, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
- 50 ftReach Blue Dot Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mashipacong Trail Trailhead
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- Fuller Trail–Fuller/Life Trail, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 337 ft
- Blue Dot Viewpoint–Appalachian Viewpoint, 7 sights 14.3 mi · ▲ 1,920 ft
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