Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 7 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft · 4 hr 29 min
Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 7 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back near Hardwick, NJ. The route passes Sand Pond, Blue Viewpoint, Crater Lake and Crater Lake before reaching Hemlock Lake at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,228 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 7 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft · 4 hr 29 min
Elevation 977–1,514 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.06078, -74.94567
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 N.
- 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Nobebosco Road, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sand Pond Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Blue Viewpoint.
- 150 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.4 miPass Crater Lake.
- 0.3 miPass Crater Lake.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Hemlock Lake.
- 200 ftReach Blue Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.9 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Nobebosco Road, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 3 sights 1.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Sand Pond & Orange Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 6.8 mi · ▲ 693 ft
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