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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Sand Pond.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sand Pond Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Copperhead Spring Pond.
- 100 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Sand Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Blue White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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
More from Yellow Trail Trailhead
- Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 3 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Orange Trail & Yellow Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Blue Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 6.9 mi · ▲ 712 ft
- Blue Viewpoint–Sand Pond, 5 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 858 ft
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