Echo Lake Recreational Facility
Echo Lake–Highlands Viewpoint, 6 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 4 hr 23 min
Echo Lake–Highlands Viewpoint, 6 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Echo Lake Recreational Facility near Echo Lake, NJ. The route passes Echo Lake, Union Valley and Highlands Viewpoint before reaching Cedar Pond at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,039 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Echo Lake–Highlands Viewpoint, 6 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 4 hr 23 min
Elevation 819–1,352 ft
Out & Back · Echo Lake Recreational Facility
Trailhead: Highlands Trail · 41.04735, -74.41141
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Echo Lake.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Kanouse Road, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miPass Union Valley.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Hanks East / Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hanks West Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Highlands Viewpoint.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Fire Tower West Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Cedar Pond.
- 100 ftReach Echo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Hanks West Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hanks East / Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Kanouse Road, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Highlands Trail Trailhead
- Unmarked Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- Echo Lake & Highlands Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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