Highlands Trail via Yellow Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Highlands Trail via Yellow Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 692 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Highlands Trail via Yellow Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 1,076–1,293 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail · 41.01441, -74.55735
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Unmarked, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Unmarked, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 350 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Highlands Spur Trail Trailhead
- Pink Dot Trail & Pink Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 377 ft
- Green Trail–Red Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 626 ft
- Green Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Ogden Mine Railroad Trail & White/Highlands Trail 6 mi · ▲ 486 ft
- Powerline Trail & Red Trail 6 mi · ▲ 446 ft
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