High Point State Park
Brink Pond–Ice Pond, 4 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 1,111 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Brink Pond–Ice Pond, 4 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Beemerville, NJ. The route passes Ice Pond before reaching Brink Pond at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 1,111 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Brink Pond–Ice Pond, 4 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 1,111 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 952–1,485 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Crigger Road/Blue Mountain Connector Trail · 41.23014, -74.71980
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crigger Road/Blue Mountain Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crigger Road/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Crigger Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Explorer Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Short Cut Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Ice Pond.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Brink Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Short Cut Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Explorer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Crigger Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Crigger Road/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Crigger Road/Blue Mountain Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Crigger Road/Blue Mountain Connector Trail Trailhead
- Crigger Road via Appalachian Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 556 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Mountain Viewpoint, 3 viewpoints 2.3 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Blue Mountain Loop Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Appalachian Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 649 ft
- Appalachian Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 649 ft
- Appalachian Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 745 ft
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