High Mountain Park Preserve

Purple Trail

2 mi · ▲ 233 ft · 47 min

Purple Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It is mostly level, with 233 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi410 – 656 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98099, -74.23010
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ

Directions

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Purple Trail

2 mi · ▲ 233 ft · 47 min

Elevation 410–656 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: 40.98099, -74.23010

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 9 min before dark.

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