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High Point State Park

Brink Pond–Ice Pond, 6 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 1,463 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Brink Pond–Ice Pond, 6 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Colesville, NJ. The route passes Ice Pond before reaching Brink Pond at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 1,463 ft. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi951 – 1,506 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.29571, -74.66365
Nearest town Colesville, NJ
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Brink Pond–Ice Pond, 6 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 1,463 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 952–1,505 ft

Out & Back · High Point State Park

Trailhead: 41.29571, -74.66365

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Iris Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Iris/Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Iris Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left onto Explorer Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Short Cut Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miPass Ice Pond.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miReach Brink Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Short Cut Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Americorps Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Explorer Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  17. 1.4 miTurn left onto Iris Trail, heading SE.
  18. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Iris/Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  19. 300 ftBear right onto Iris Trail, heading NE.
  20. 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brink-pond-ice-pond-out-back-7-sights-19-km

Trail surface

25% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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