Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 3 sights
1.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 44 min
Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 3 sights is a 1.5-mile out-and-back near Hardwick, NJ. The route passes Sand Pond before reaching Blue Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 478 ft, with sections as steep as 58% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi978 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 58%1.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Nobebosco Road 41.06033, -74.94651
Nearest town Hardwick, NJ
Directions
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Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 3 sights
1.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 44 min
Elevation 977–1,457 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Nobebosco Road · 41.06033, -74.94651
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nobebosco Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sand Pond Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Blue Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Nobebosco Road, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
71% gravel29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Nobebosco Road Trailhead
- Sand Pond & Orange Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 6.8 mi · ▲ 693 ft
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