Private Trail & White Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation near Penwell, NJ. It climbs 1,653 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi453 – 1,004 ft · steepest grade: 25%7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.78451, -74.89190
Nearest town Penwell, NJ
Directions
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Private Trail & White Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 1,653 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 454–1,003 ft
Out & Back · Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: 40.78451, -74.89190
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Private Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach White Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Orange, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 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
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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