High Rock Mountain & High Rocks Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Pequest, NJ. The route reaches High Rock Mountain. It climbs 785 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi413 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 37%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.84199, -74.97900
Nearest town Pequest, NJ
Directions
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High Rock Mountain & High Rocks Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 785 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 415–940 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.84199, -74.97900
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 75°F / low 63° · precip 3% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto High Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass High Rock Mountain.
- 0.4 miReach High Rock Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 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
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 75°F63°
Precip3%Wind8 mphUV6Humidity71%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago (0.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sun
70°60°
Mon
77°53°
Tue
79°54°
Wed
83°61°
16%
Thu
80°63°
16%
Fri
71°47°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.
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