Highlands Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Highlands Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 289 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,155 – 1,293 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.02361, -74.56134
Nearest town Milton, NJ
Directions
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Highlands Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 1,155–1,293 ft
Out & Back
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 ftSharp left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Purple Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp left onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Purple Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
91% dirt9% 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
- 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
- Orange Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 142 ft
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