High Point State Park
Blue Dot Viewpoint–Sawmill Pond, 5 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 567 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Blue Dot Viewpoint–Sawmill Pond, 5 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Colesville, NJ. The route passes Blue Dot Viewpoint and Appalachian Viewpoint before reaching Sawmill Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 567 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Dot Viewpoint–Sawmill Pond, 5 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 567 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,234–1,605 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: AT Connector Trail · 41.30268, -74.66748
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on AT Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Iris Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miPass Blue Dot Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Sawmill Pond.
- 50 ftReach Blue Dot Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Iris Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left onto AT Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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