Highlands Trail Guide Introduction

10/19/20 Major HT reroute between Black Rock Forest and Schunemunk State Park:

Due to the closure of trails across Metro North RR at Schunemunk Mountain State Park and the resulting road walk which had grown to 4.6 miles to get to the new trail head, the Highlands Trail has been rerouted between Black Rock Forest and Schunemunk Mountain. This emergency (much shorter) road walk reroute was originally envisioned to be temporary. However, given the fact that a) the HT has tried unsuccessfully for years to eliminate the road walk around Black Rock Fish & Game, b) the fact that the Metro North RR trail closure at Schunemunk may take a long time to resolve and c) there is the potential to eliminate most of the road walk in the new route by using protected land, this will most likely become the new, permanent HT route.

The Highlands Trail Guide is your resource for planning hikes on the Highlands Trail. The Highlands Trail Overview map below is zoomable down to a detailed level and can give you an indication of the topography of a section you are planning to hike. You may need to click the map to enable the interactive functions. This 2018 GPS route of the trail is for general reference purposes only and should not be used as a complete trail map for areas traversed by the Highlands Trail. This map was last updated in 2018. Subsequent updates to the trail have been posted on the indivdual trail section pages. A complete new Avensa Map of the Highlands Trail should be available in late 2020.

Below the map are detailed individual trail segment descriptions.

Additional maps will be posted as they become available.

Hike reports, questions, comments, complaints, suggestions are welcomed.

Highlands Trail Chair: [email protected] Updated 10/19/20

Click the map to expose the interactive controls, or click here to view a full-screen version of this map.

Highlands Trail Guide