Copperhead Spring Pond & Appalachian Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 53 min

Copperhead Spring Pond & Appalachian Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Millbrook, NJ. The route reaches Copperhead Spring Pond. It climbs 484 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,040 – 1,388 ft · steepest grade: 39%2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.06508, -74.96431
Nearest town Millbrook, NJ

Directions

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Copperhead Spring Pond & Appalachian Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 53 min

Elevation 1,039–1,387 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.06508, -74.96431

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miPass Copperhead Spring Pond.
  4. 0.4 miReach Copperhead Spring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 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

59% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.

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