Buttermilk Falls via Purple Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Buttermilk Falls via Purple Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. The route reaches Buttermilk Falls at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 327 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buttermilk Falls via Purple Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 410–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98086, -74.23858
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftArrive 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 0.8 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Purple Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 317 ft
- Purple Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits 5.6 mi · ▲ 703 ft
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