High Point State Park
Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint–Cedar Swamp Trail, 5 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint–Cedar Swamp Trail, 5 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Duttonville, NJ. The route reaches Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint–Cedar Swamp Trail, 5 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 1,483–1,750 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Cedar Swamp Trail · 41.32403, -74.66317
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Monument Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Monument / Shawangunk Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Monument Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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