Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Highlands Trail & Unmarked Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Highlands Trail & Unmarked Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Russia, NJ. It climbs 1,010 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi942 – 1,266 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.03701, -74.54105
Nearest town Russia, NJ
Directions
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Highlands Trail & Unmarked Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 943–1,267 ft
Out & Back · Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.03701, -74.54105
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start on Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Green/Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Unmarked Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Green/Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 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
15% dirt85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
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