Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Highlands Trail–Unmarked Trail, 3 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 999 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Highlands Trail–Unmarked Trail, 3 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Milton, NJ. It climbs 999 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi942 – 1,309 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.02361, -74.56134
Nearest town Milton, NJ

Directions

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Highlands Trail–Unmarked Trail, 3 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 999 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 943–1,307 ft

Out & Back · Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 41.02361, -74.56134

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto White/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right onto Blue/Highlands Trail, heading N.
  5. 100 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.6 miBear right onto Unmarked Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 1.6 miTurn right onto Blue/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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