Powerline Trail & Red Trail

6 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Powerline Trail & Red Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Milton, NJ. It climbs 446 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,083 – 1,316 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Highlands Spur Trail 41.01441, -74.55735
Nearest town Milton, NJ

Directions

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Powerline Trail & Red Trail

6 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 1,083–1,316 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 W.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading W.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Red / White Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left onto Green Trail, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.8 miBear right onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tigers Blood, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 200 ftTurn right onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.8 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading N.
  18. 250 ftSharp right onto Red Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.9 miTurn right onto Red / White Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
  22. 450 ftTurn left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miBear right onto Unmarked, heading E.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading NE.
  25. 300 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

72% dirt2% gravel26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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