High Mountain Park Preserve

Purple Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Purple Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 381 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi407 – 610 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98118, -74.24225
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ

Directions

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Purple Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 408–611 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: 40.98118, -74.24225

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading E.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 1.6 miReach Purple Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  17. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  22. 50 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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