Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route passes Sunfish Pond before reaching Buckwood Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 965 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 1,394 ft · steepest grade: 32%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail 41.00480, -75.09846
Nearest town Shawnee on Delaware, PA
Directions
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Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 965 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 416–1,394 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail · 41.00480, -75.09846
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Rockcores Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Sunfish Pond.
- 0.3 miReach Buckwood Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rockcores Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from Rockcores Trail Trailhead
- Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 964 ft
- Garvey Springs Trail & Rockcores Trail via Douglas Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 957 ft
- Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft
- Upper Yards Creek Reservior–Buckwood Viewpoint, 8 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,717 ft
- Farview Trail & Rockcores Trail via Appalachian Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,895 ft
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