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

  1. Start on Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
  2. 500 ftBear left onto Unmarked, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto White/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto White Dot Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miReach White/Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto White Dot Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto White/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right onto White / Highlands Trail, heading S.
  15. 50 ftSharp left onto Unmarked, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading S.
  17. 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

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