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
- Start on Highlands Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Unmarked, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red / White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Green Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tigers Blood, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Red / White Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto White / Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Unmarked, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Highlands Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 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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