Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights
2.6 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. The route reaches Buttermilk Falls. It climbs 349 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi423 – 787 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Purple Trail 40.98314, -74.22893
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ
Directions
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Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights
2.6 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 422–787 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: Purple Trail · 40.98314, -74.22893
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Purple Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Buttermilk Falls.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 3, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 3, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Purple Trail Trailhead
- Purple Trail 2 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits 2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Purple Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Buttermilk Falls & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 495 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Ancients Pond, 7 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 974 ft
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