Cove Viewpoint & Beaver Pond via Cove Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Morris, NJ. The route passes Beaver Pond before reaching Cove Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi0 – 23 ft2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Eastern Cottonwood Trail 40.00239, -75.04309
Nearest town Morris, NJ
Directions
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Cove Viewpoint & Beaver Pond via Cove Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 56 min
Elevation 0–23 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Eastern Cottonwood Trail · 40.00239, -75.04309
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Winged Blackbird Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Honeysuckle Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Fox Run Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Eastern Cottonwood Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Beaver Pond.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cove Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftReach Cove Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Eastern Cottonwood Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Fox Run Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Honeysuckle Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Red Winged Blackbird Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 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
77% dirt19% boardwalk4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Eastern Cottonwood Trail Trailhead
- Bullfrog Pond & Tacony–Palmyra Bridge Walkway via Red Winged Blackbird Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Beaver Pond & Cove Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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