High Point State Park

High Point: The Roof of New Jersey

13 stops· 16 min· 2.9 mi

A drive to the literal top of New Jersey — up the Kittatinny Ridge to High Point, 1,803 feet up, where a great stone obelisk stands against the sky and three states roll out below you in every color of autumn. Ranger Quinn drives you up the scenic road from the park gate, past the highest lake in the state to the foot of the monument and out along the ridge, telling you how this high, wild corner of New Jersey works and what to look for as the leaves turn. Ranger Boone Merrick rides along with the tales: the millionaire couple who bought a mountain and gave it to the people; the 220-foot tower they raised to the state's war dead; and the strange, ancient bog near the summit that has no business being up this high. Come in October if you can — but on a clear day, any season, the view from the top of New Jersey is one you don't forget.