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Neversink Mountain Preserve

Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,286 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Millmont, PA. It climbs 1,286 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 774 ft · steepest grade: 28%8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.31009, -75.92497
Nearest town Millmont, PA
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Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,286 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 181–774 ft

Out & Back · Neversink Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.31009, -75.92497

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading NE.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  18. 200 ftBear right onto Neversink South Trail, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miBear right onto West Woodland Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 150 ftSharp left onto Highland Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miReach Highland Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  27. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  28. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Woodland Trail, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Neversink South Trail, heading E.
  32. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 200 ftSharp left, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  36. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading SW.
  37. 350 ftTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading E.
  38. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  40. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  42. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  43. 0.2 miBear left onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading W.
  44. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  45. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  46. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  47. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  48. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/highland-trail-out-back-11-km-d6e8

Trail surface

20% gravel12% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~114 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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