Highlands of Navesink & Grand Tour via Grand Tour Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Highlands of Navesink & Grand Tour via Grand Tour Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Monmouth Hills, NJ. The route reaches Highlands of Navesink at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 274 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Highlands of Navesink & Grand Tour via Grand Tour Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 49–267 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.39196, -73.99709
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Grand Tour Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cuesta Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Grand Tour, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Highlands of Navesink, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Grand Tour Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 3 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Grand Tour Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Cuesta Ridge Trail & Grand Tour Trail 3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Candlestick Trail & Cuesta Ridge Trail via Grand Tour Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 413 ft
- Grand Tour Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Laurel Ridge Sunset Point–Cuesta Ridge Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 529 ft
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