High Point, New Jersey

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 1802 ft / 550 m
Subpeaks	High Point - North Ridge (1520 ft/463 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	41° 19' 15'' N, 74° 39' 42'' W 41.320948, -74.661562 (Dec Deg) 528325 E 4574442 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New Jersey (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Sussex (Highest Point)
City/Town	Montague Wantage
Links Search Engines - search the web for "High Point":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      High Point (New Jersey) at SummitPost.org      High Point at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for High Point New Jersey at Mountain-Forecast.com      High Point at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sussex, NJ by Dan Case      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sussex, NJ by David Orsheski      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sussex, NJ by Dan Case      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sussex, NJ by Tom Harper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sussex, NJ by Don Desrosiers Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain High Point:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #38)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #40)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #43)      Most Prominent Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #37)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #63)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #49)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #80)      U.S. State Park High Points (Rank #34)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #191)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #75)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #589)      Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #157)      Mid-Atlantic CoHPs (Rank #90)      New Jersey County High Points (Rank #1)      High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #204)      New Jersey 1000-foot Peaks (Rank #1) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1177      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1066) Selected Trip Reports:      1991-07-12 by Dennis Stewart      2001-05-23 by Scott Surgent      2007-08-26 by Ben Lostracco      2009-01-31 by James Barlow      2010-02-27 by Matthew Martinez      2010-09-05 by Michael Wanberg      2012-04-13 by Alan Barber      2012-07-03 by Mike Holland (GPS Track)      2012-08-10 by William Musser      2013-07-14 by Peter Stone      2013-11-09 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2014-02-17 by David White      2015-01-10 by Chris Calabrese      2015-11-28 by Brian Raymond (GPS Track)      2015-12-19 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track)      2016-01-31 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track)      2016-02-27 by Ian Covey      2016-05-20 by Van Wagner      2016-06-19 by Morris Zwick      2016-06-22 by Spencer Corcoran      2016-07-22 by Eric Lombardo (GPS Track)      2016-10-06 by Jason Vogler      2016-10-23 by Mark Koschwitz      2016-12-12 by Arthur Caverly (GPS Track)      2017-05-22 by David Odenwalder      2017-07-23 by Eli Wolfhagen      2017-07-30 by Eleanor Conwell      2018-04-28 by Stephen Phillips (GPS Track)      2018-05-15 by Mike Black (GPS Track)      2018-06-08 by Bill Campbell (GPS Track)      2018-06-22 by Lori S      2018-08-10 by Joseph Hirniak      2019-06-10 by Gustav Sexauer      2019-06-16 by Eric Davidson      2019-10-12 by Josh Super      2019-11-16 by Paige Madden      2020-08-26 by Justin Ewing (GPS Track)      2021-05-27 by Jacob Kitson      2021-10-11 by Matthew Nagowski (GPS Track)      2021-11-09 by Mark Akers (GPS Track)      2021-11-13 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2022-01-02 by Archie Chesler      2022-04-03 by Michael Walker (GPS Track)      2022-07-23 by Jason Rossman (GPS Track)      2022-07-25 by Gabriel C
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High Point NJ (2014-07-04). Photo by Ronald Land. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 883 ft/270 m   Optimistic Prominence: 903 ft/276 m   Line Parent: Sams Point Summit   Key Col: 920 ft/280 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 23.74 mi/38.2 km    Isolation Limit Point: 41.31258, -75.117665 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Low Knob  (W)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Ridges Range4: Northern Appalachian Ridges Range5: Kittatiny Mountain (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Rondout Hudson New York Harbor Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Delaware Delaware Bay Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: High Point State Park (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Port Jervis South O41074c6 1:24,000
Route #1	Paved Road
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

If the monument is open, you can climb to the top (2016-05-30). Photo by Scott Slayton. Click here for larger-size photo.

Drive Up (2014-05-27). Photo by Michael Vecchiarelli. Click here for larger-size photo.

It was a touch breezy at the top.... (2016-10-23). Photo by Mark Koschwitz. Click here for larger-size photo.

The Garden State (2016-09-24). Photo by Kelli Allstot. Click here for larger-size photo.

Stairs going up the inside of the tower (2019-06-09). Photo by John Kriz. Click here for larger-size photo.

Looking north towards NY along the glacial striations of High Point's summit (famous summit obelisk is to my back). (2018-08-10). Photo by Joseph Hirniak. Click here for larger-size photo.

High Point summit view, 2021-06-18. (2021-06-18). Photo by Ryan Palmer. Click here for larger-size photo.

Ascent of High Point, NJ via Appalachian Trail from the Visitor Ctr, 6-17-22 (2022-06-17). Photo by Jason Crane. Click here for larger-size photo.

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