Pyramid Mountain · On footPyramid Mountain Trails

How the trails work

Pyramid Mountain holds more than a dozen blazed trails — over 19 miles in all — across more than 1,600 acres of Highlands ridge and swamp. The park is hiking-only: no bikes, no rock climbing. Trails are identified on the ground by blaze color (and color-with-dot variants), and they connect into loops of almost any length. Because the network has been re-blazed, color references on older third-party pages can be out of date — the table below follows the current official Morris County trail guide, and you should carry that map.

Trails by blaze

The park's named hikes

The Park Commission publishes five self-guided suggested hikes, each with its own downloadable map: Tripod Rock (to the famous balanced erratic), Glacial Erratic (the boulder country), Reservoir (out toward Taylortown Reservoir), Valhalla Views (the ridgeline overlooks), and Falls (to a seasonal waterfall). The high point of the park reaches 934 feet, and on a clear day the eastern overlooks take in the Manhattan skyline.

A few favorites worth knowing: the climb to Tripod Rock and back runs roughly 3–4 miles; a longer loop linking Tripod Rock, Bear Rock, and Whale Head Rock is on the order of 6 miles with around 800 feet of climbing; and the adjacent Turkey Mountain section is known for a steep pitch local hikers call the “100 Steps.” Treat these distances as approximate and confirm them on the official map.

Take a map

Download the official trail guide and map before you go, or open the county's interactive map on your phone. AllTrails and the New York–New Jersey Trail Conference are useful for crowd-sourced conditions and route ideas, but the Morris County map is the authority on current blazes.