Green Trail & Highlands Trail
4 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Green Trail & Highlands Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Hopewell, NJ. It climbs 735 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi978 – 1,266 ft · steepest grade: 31%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Highlands Trail 41.04716, -74.54452
Nearest town Hopewell, NJ
Directions
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Green Trail & Highlands Trail
4 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 979–1,267 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Highlands Trail · 41.04716, -74.54452
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Highlands Trail Trailhead
- Ryker Lake & Unmarked Trail 1.2 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Blue Trail & Highlands Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 683 ft
- Charcoal Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 852 ft
- Charcoal Trail–Highlands Trail, 4 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,169 ft
- Morris County High Point–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 972 ft
- Saffin Pond–Highlands Trail, 4 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft
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