Buttermilk Falls–Blue Viewpoint, 5 lakes is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Millbrook, NJ. The route passes Copperhead Spring Pond, Blue Viewpoint, Crater Lake and Crater Lake before reaching Buttermilk Falls at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 2,076 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi423 – 1,562 ft · steepest grade: 29%16.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.05942, -74.96371
Nearest town Millbrook, NJ
Directions
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Buttermilk Falls–Blue Viewpoint, 5 lakes
15.6 mi · ▲ 2,076 ft · 6 hr 14 min
Elevation 424–1,561 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.05942, -74.96371
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 73°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Copperhead Spring Pond.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Blue Viewpoint.
- 3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.4 miPass Crater Lake.
- 0.3 miPass Crater Lake.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.4 miReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 3.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 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
96% dirt4% gravel
Weather
OvercastTemperature 73°F52°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV6Humidity68%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:25 PM
Tue
75°54°
Wed
78°55°
Thu
71°57°
43%
Fri
72°47°
Sat
74°49°
Sun
78°52°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Blue Viewpoint–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 sights 1.5 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 783 ft
- Appalachian Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Catfish Pond & Rattlesnake Swamp Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 5 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 436 ft
- Indian Point–Catfish Pond, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 419 ft
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