Monument Viewpoint–Lake Marcia, 5 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Mount Salem, NJ. The route passes High Point Beach, Lake Marcia and Monument Viewpoint. It climbs 1,556 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,083 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 18%10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue Trail 41.32932, -74.64313
Nearest town Mount Salem, NJ
Directions
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Monument Viewpoint–Lake Marcia, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,556 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,082–1,614 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 41.32932, -74.64313
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miPass High Point Beach.
- 50 ftBear left onto Monument Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lake Marcia.
- 1.3 miPass Monument Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Fire Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Monument Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fire Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Monument Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 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
100% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~122 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- AT Observation Platform–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 3.7 mi · ▲ 720 ft
- High Point–High Point Monument, 7 viewpoints 4.3 mi · ▲ 820 ft
- Lake Marcia & High Point Beach via Appalachian Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 745 ft
- Steeny Kill Lake–Lake Marcia, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 932 ft
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