Purple Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 267 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Purple Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 267 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Purple Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 267 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 410–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: Purple Trail · 40.98314, -74.22893
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Purple Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miReach Purple Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.7 miArrive 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 1.2 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Purple Trail Trailhead
- Purple Trail 2 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Beech Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 3 summits 2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Buttermilk Falls & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 495 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Ancients Pond, 7 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 974 ft
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