Monument Viewpoint–Lake Marcia, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Duttonville, NJ. The route passes Lake Marcia, High Point Beach and Monument Viewpoint. It climbs 345 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,467 – 1,614 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Monument Trail 41.31960, -74.66610
Nearest town Duttonville, NJ
Directions
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Monument Viewpoint–Lake Marcia, 5 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 345 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 1,466–1,614 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: Monument Trail · 41.31960, -74.66610
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Lake Marcia.
- 50 ftPass High Point Beach.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Monument Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miPass Monument Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear right onto Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Cedar Swamp / Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Monument Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Cedar Swamp / Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Monument Trail, heading W.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 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
11% boardwalk89% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Monument Trail Trailhead
- Steenykill Viewpoint–Steeny Kill Lake, 6 sights 1.8 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Lake Marcia–High Point Beach, 3 beaches 2.1 mi · ▲ 238 ft
- Steeny Kill Lake–Lake Marcia, 4 lakes 2.3 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- AT Observation Platform–Appalachian Viewpoint, 11 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 2,143 ft
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