Ogden Mine Railroad Trail & White/Highlands Trail
6 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Ogden Mine Railroad Trail & White/Highlands Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 486 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,083 – 1,289 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail 41.01441, -74.55735
Nearest town Milton, NJ
Directions
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Ogden Mine Railroad Trail & White/Highlands Trail
6 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,083–1,288 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail · 41.01441, -74.55735
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Unmarked, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto White Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach White/Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto White Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Unmarked, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading S.
- 350 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
60% dirt24% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Highlands Spur Trail Trailhead
- Pink Dot Trail & Pink Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 377 ft
- Highlands Trail via Yellow Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 692 ft
- Green Trail–Red Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 397 ft
- Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 626 ft
- Green Trail–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Powerline Trail & Red Trail 6 mi · ▲ 446 ft
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