Indian Point–Catfish Pond, 4 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Millbrook, NJ. The route passes Catfish Pond before reaching Indian Point at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 419 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,188 – 1,568 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.05815, -74.96428
Nearest town Millbrook, NJ
Directions
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Indian Point–Catfish Pond, 4 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 1,188–1,568 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.05815, -74.96428
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Swamp Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miPass Catfish Pond.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mohican Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Indian Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Swamp Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 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
23% gravel77% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 1 min before dark.
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
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 6.8 mi · ▲ 489 ft
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