Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Buckwood Viewpoint, 6 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route passes Sunfish Pond, Buckwood Viewpoint and Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir. It climbs 2,484 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 1,598 ft · steepest grade: 30%16.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail 41.00480, -75.09846
Nearest town Shawnee on Delaware, PA
Directions
AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com
Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Buckwood Viewpoint, 6 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft · 6 hr 37 min
Elevation 416–1,598 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail · 41.00480, -75.09846
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Rockcores Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Sunfish Pond.
- 0.3 miPass Buckwood Viewpoint.
- 0.9 miPass Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 4.3 miReach Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.3 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rockcores Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 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
44% dirt56% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Rockcores Trail Trailhead
- Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 965 ft
- Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 964 ft
- Garvey Springs Trail & Rockcores Trail via Douglas Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 957 ft
- Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft
- Upper Yards Creek Reservior–Buckwood Viewpoint, 8 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,717 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near Shawnee on Delaware, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania