Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 4 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Hardwick, NJ. The route passes Sand Pond and Copperhead Spring Pond. It climbs 405 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi978 – 1,296 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.06041, -74.94259
Nearest town Hardwick, NJ

Directions

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Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 977–1,297 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.06041, -74.94259

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
  6. 400 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto Sand Pond Loop Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue White Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miPass Copperhead Spring Pond.
  12. 100 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miReach Sand Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Blue White Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  20. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 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

76% gravel23% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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