High Point State Park
Steenykill Viewpoint–Steeny Kill Lake, 5 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 748 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Steenykill Viewpoint–Steeny Kill Lake, 5 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in High Point State Park near Mount Salem, NJ. The route passes Monument Viewpoint and Steeny Kill Lake before reaching Steenykill Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 748 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Steenykill Viewpoint–Steeny Kill Lake, 5 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 748 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 1,110–1,575 ft
Out & Back · High Point State Park
Trailhead: 41.33488, -74.64089
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Monument Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftPass Monument Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left onto Monument Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Steenykill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Steeny Kill Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Steenykill Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Monument Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Monument/Shawangunk Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Monument Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 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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