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Campground · 5.9 mi from the trail
New Jersey · Hiking · Near Hackettstown
Highlands Trail
- 2.2 mi
- round trip
- 1,731 ft
- climb
- 1,296 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Highlands Trail is a 2.2-mile moderate hike in New Jersey, about half a mile from the town of Weldon. The trail is an out-and-back route that climbs from a low point of about 1,000 feet to a high of roughly 1,300 feet, with a total elevation gain of about 270 feet. The round-trip distance is about 4.4 miles. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 75°F, with July the warmest month at about 83°F. That station sits several hundred feet lower than the trail's high point, so temperatures on the higher ground run a bit cooler. Several other routes start close by. The Ogden Mine Railroad Trail and the Blue Trail are each about 0.6 miles away, and Service Road is about 0.3 miles off. For time on the water, Lake Hopatcong is about 4.4 miles away.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Village Saloon
Bar
On your way back · 1 mi
If it rainsZeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsOld Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum
Museum
Museum · 5.5 mi from Hackettstown
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (commons)
More in HackettstownLocal outfitters
- Pier 13 Hoboken34 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Service Road???Hiking0.3 mi
- Ogden Mine Railroad TrailHiking0.6 mi
- Blue TrailHiking0.6 mi
Rockaway RiverCanoeingPhoto: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.2 mi- Lake HopatcongLake fishing4.4 mi
- * bouldering North Central NJRock climbing7.3 mi
- s. RoncaRock climbing8 mi
- r. BenesRock climbing8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Service Road???Hiking · Next door
- Ogden Mine Railroad TrailHiking · Next door
- Highlands; Lake Hopatcong TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
- White TrailHiking · ~3 min drive
- Blue TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- EdisonHiking · ~8 min drive
- Winnona TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- PSEG TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Yellow Trail / Highlands TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Yellow Dot TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
Best time to visit Highlands Trail
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 19°
11 wet
Feb
39° / 19°
9 wet
Mar
47° / 27°
11 wet
Apr
59° / 38°
11 wet
May
70° / 48°
11 wet
Jun
78° / 57°
11 wet
Jul
83° / 61°
10 wet
Aug
81° / 59°
9 wet
Sep
75° / 52°
8 wet
Oct
63° / 41°
9 wet
Nov
51° / 32°
8 wet
Dec
41° / 25°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Charlotteburg Rsvr, NJ, 8.9 mi away at 778 ft. The station sits about 500 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
