Highlands Trail–Red Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 706 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Highlands Trail–Red Trail, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 706 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi978 – 1,329 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.02361, -74.56134
Nearest town Milton, NJ
Directions
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Highlands Trail–Red Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 706 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 978–1,328 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 ftContinue straight onto White/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Charcoal Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Charcoal Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 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
10% dirt90% 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
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- Green Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 369 ft
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