Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route passes Sunfish Pond and Buckwood Viewpoint. It climbs 1,055 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 1,470 ft · steepest grade: 34%5.2 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, 4 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 416–1,470 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 miPass Buckwood Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Buckwood Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sunfish Pond Fire Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Douglas Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Rockcores Trail, heading E.
- 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
62% dirt38% 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
- Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 965 ft
- 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
- 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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