Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 lakes
2.5 mi · ▲ 783 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 lakes is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Millbrook, NJ. The route passes Copperhead Spring Pond and Sand Pond before reaching Sand Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 783 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi978 – 1,447 ft · steepest grade: 47%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.05942, -74.96371
Nearest town Millbrook, NJ
Directions
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Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 lakes
2.5 mi · ▲ 783 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 977–1,449 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.05942, -74.96371
Weather Sep 7: 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.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Sand Pond.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Sand Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sand Pond Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 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
34% gravel32% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
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- 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
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 6.8 mi · ▲ 489 ft
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