Buttermilk Falls & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 495 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Buttermilk Falls & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. The route reaches Buttermilk Falls. It climbs 495 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buttermilk Falls & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 495 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 405–722 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98099, -74.23010
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Buttermilk Falls.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Purgatory, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Purple Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 9 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Purple Trail 2 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits 2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Purple Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Ancients Pond, 7 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 974 ft
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