Purple Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Purple Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 327 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Purple Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 410–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98086, -74.23858
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, 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.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Purple Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 317 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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