AMC Recommended Trips – Monument Trail Loop (Moderate hiking – NJ)

Source: Nature Walks in New Jersey

What you’ll see: Ridgetop walk among home territory of coyote, bobcat, bear, fox, deer and other mammals.

What you’ll experience:

• Difficulty: Moderate
• Elevation gain: 300 feet
• Distance: 3.5 miles
  

What’s in the area:

• AMC Mohican Outdoor Center
• High Point Monument
  
• Signs of bear and coyote
• Appalachian Trail
  

Getting There

• Take I-80 west to NJ 23 north through the town of Sussex. Eight miles north of Sussex, climb Kittatinny Ridge and turn right into High Point State Park (the park headquarters is on the left side of NJ 23). Follow signs to High Point Monument, reached within 1.5 miles. Park by the rest rooms.