High Point State Park
Blue Dot Viewpoint–Sawmill Pond, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Blue Dot Viewpoint–Sawmill Pond, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Colesville, NJ. The route passes Sawmill Pond, Blue Dot Viewpoint and Appalachian Viewpoint before reaching Sawmill Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 720 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Dot Viewpoint–Sawmill Pond, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,234–1,605 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: 41.29858, -74.68625
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Sawmill Pond.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mashipacong Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miPass Blue Dot Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Sawmill Pond.
- 100 ftReach Blue Dot Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Mashipacong Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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