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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto White/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Blue/Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Unmarked Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Blue/Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- White/Highlands Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- White/Highlands Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Highlands Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 289 ft
- Green Trail–Red Trail Loop, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Green Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Ogden Mine Railroad Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 141 ft
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