Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 858 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 5 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Hardwick, NJ. The route passes Sand Pond and Blue Viewpoint before reaching Lake Success at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 858 ft, with sections as steep as 45% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi978 – 1,513 ft · steepest grade: 45%11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.06041, -74.94259
Nearest town Hardwick, NJ
Directions
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Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 858 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Elevation 977–1,514 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.06041, -74.94259
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sand Pond Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Blue Viewpoint.
- 150 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Success.
- 200 ftReach Blue Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.9 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 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
62% dirt18% gravel20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Trail Trailhead
- Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 3 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Orange Trail & Yellow Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 6.9 mi · ▲ 712 ft
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