Highfields

Highfields: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Highfields

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Highfields — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.42403, -74.76788. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Highfields

• Hopewell Station · museum · Mercer · ~5 km · Must-see
• Old School Baptist Church · church · Mercer · ~5 km · Must-see
• Mount Zion Church · church · Somerset · ~5 km · Must-see
• Sourland Mountain · viewpoint · Somerset · ~7 km · Must-see
• Sourland Mountain Preserve · sanctuary · Somerset · ~8 km · Must-see
• Skillman Park · park · Somerset · ~8 km · Must-see
• Mount Rose · viewpoint · Mercer · ~9 km · Must-see
• Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park · sanctuary · Mercer · ~10 km · Must-see
• Stony Brook Trail · trek · Mercer · ~10 km · Must-see
• Northlandz · museum · Hunterdon · ~14 km · Must-see
• Delaware and Raritan State Park · park · Somerset · ~14 km · Must-see
• Herrontown Woods Arboretum · sanctuary · Mercer · ~15 km · Must-see
• Marquand Park · park · Mercer · ~15 km · Must-see
• Princeton United Methodist Church · church · Mercer · ~16 km · Must-see
• Oval with Points · attraction · Mercer · ~16 km · Must-see
• Miller Chapel · church · Mercer · ~16 km · Must-see
• Princeton University Chapel · church · Mercer · ~16 km · Must-see
• Cubi XIII · attraction · Mercer · ~16 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Highfields

Other forts & heritage near Highfields

• Washington and His Army Crossed the Delaware · fort · Mercer · ~21 km · Must-see
• Red Mill Museum · fort · Hunterdon · ~33 km · Must-see
• Devil's Tree · fort · Somerset · ~35 km · Must-see
• Pennsbury Manor · fort · Burlington · ~40 km · Must-see
• Roosevelt Park · fort · Middlesex · ~48 km · Must-see
• Great Beds Light · fort · Middlesex · ~55 km · Must-see
• Franklin Court · fort · New Castle · ~77 km · Must-see
• Independence National Historical Park · fort · New Castle · ~78 km · Must-see
• Masonic Temple · fort · Philadelphia · ~78 km · Must-see
• Fort Tompkins · fort · New York · ~79 km · Must-see

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