Purple Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Purple Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 317 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi410 – 610 ft2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98220, -74.23895
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ
Directions
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Purple Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 410–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98220, -74.23895
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Purple Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Buttermilk Falls via Purple Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits 5.6 mi · ▲ 703 ft
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