High Point–High Point Monument, 7 viewpoints is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Mount Salem, NJ. The route passes High Point Beach, High Point, High Point Monument and Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint before reaching Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 820 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,086 – 1,791 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue Trail 41.32932, -74.64313
Nearest town Mount Salem, NJ
Directions
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High Point–High Point Monument, 7 viewpoints
4.3 mi · ▲ 820 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,087–1,793 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 41.32932, -74.64313
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miPass High Point Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass High Point.
- 50 ftPass High Point Monument.
- 50 ftPass Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miPass Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach High Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
2% dirt98% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- AT Observation Platform–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 3.7 mi · ▲ 720 ft
- Lake Marcia & High Point Beach via Appalachian Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 745 ft
- Steeny Kill Lake–Lake Marcia, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 932 ft
- Monument Viewpoint–Lake Marcia, 5 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,556 ft
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