Buttermilk Falls–Yellow Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Washington Valley Park East near Chimney Rock, NJ. The route passes Yellow Viewpoint, Eastern Branch Reservoir and Buttermilk Falls. It climbs 396 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi144 – 348 ft2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58176, -74.55494
Nearest town Chimney Rock, NJ
Directions
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Buttermilk Falls–Yellow Viewpoint, 4 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 396 ft · 58 min
Elevation 143–347 ft
Out & Back · Washington Valley Park East
Trailhead: 40.58176, -74.55494
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 66° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 300 ftPass Yellow Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear left onto Yellow, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Eastern Branch Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Buttermilk Falls.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Orange, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F66°
Precip2%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
71°60°
Mon
79°59°
Tue
81°60°
Wed
85°65°
Thu
83°67°
Fri
73°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Yellow Viewpoint–Eastern Branch Reservoir Loop, 5 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Eastern Branch Reservoir & Vosseller Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Yellow Viewpoint, 7 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 598 ft
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