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Jugtown Mountain Preserve

Highlands Trail–White / Highlands Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 552 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Highlands Trail–White / Highlands Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Jugtown Mountain Preserve near Norton, NJ. It climbs 552 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi492 – 919 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.66983, -75.00303
Nearest town Norton, NJ
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Highlands Trail–White / Highlands Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 552 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 493–919 ft

Out & Back · Jugtown Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.66983, -75.00303

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.6 miTurn right onto White, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Highlands Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto White, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/highlands-trail-highlands-trail-out-back-4-sights-8-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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