Backpacking Across the Roof of New Jersey – The Appalachian Trail from High Point (Sussex, NJ) to Wawayanda (Hewitt, NJ) Type: One way (either direction) Hours: Open 24 hours
Distance: 12.6 miles (12.4 trail miles on the AT) (26.1 trail miles total, and maybe another mile in side trails – 3 days) Difficulty: 7 of 10. Total score: 10 of 10
Terrain – Mountains, forests, swamps, streams, fields
Start – High Point Shelter – 41.31575,-74.65725 End – Pochuck Shelter – roughly – 41°16’5.60″N, 74°30’31.72″W
Parking – For our parking and shuttle [...]