Highlands Spur Trail & Orange Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Highlands Spur Trail & Orange Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Hurdtown, NJ. It climbs 540 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Highlands Spur Trail & Orange Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 983–1,193 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Orange Trail · 40.97886, -74.60013
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 73°F / low 62° · precip 8% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow/Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading N.
- 1 miReach Orange Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Yellow/Highlands Spur Trail, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading E.
- 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 0.6 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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