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Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 626 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 626 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,083 – 1,309 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail 41.01441, -74.55735
Nearest town Milton, NJ
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Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 626 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 1,083–1,307 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail · 41.01441, -74.55735

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
  2. 500 ftBear left onto Unmarked, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  5. 1 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miReach White/Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1 miTurn right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftSharp left onto Unmarked, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading S.
  13. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-trail-highlands-trail-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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