High Rock Mountain via High Rocks Trail
2 mi · ▲ 479 ft · 54 min
High Rock Mountain via High Rocks Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Pequest, NJ. The route reaches High Rock Mountain. It climbs 479 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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High Rock Mountain via High Rocks Trail
2 mi · ▲ 479 ft · 54 min
Elevation 698–940 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.85031, -74.96942
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftPass High Rock Mountain.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach High Rock Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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