Highlands Trail via Columbia Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Highlands Trail via Columbia Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Ken Lockwood Gorge near Califon, NJ. It climbs 412 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi404 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Columbia Trail 40.71908, -74.83704
Nearest town Califon, NJ
Directions
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Highlands Trail via Columbia Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 402–732 ft
Out & Back · Ken Lockwood Gorge
Trailhead: Columbia Trail · 40.71908, -74.83704
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Columbia Trail, heading W.
- 2.6 miSharp right onto Highlands Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Columbia Trail, heading S.
- 2.5 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
76% gravel2% paved22% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Columbia Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 84 ft
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