Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Garvey Springs Trail, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route reaches Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,271 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi318 – 1,565 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail 41.01737, -75.07021
Nearest town Shawnee on Delaware, PA
Directions
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Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Garvey Springs Trail, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 318–1,566 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail · 41.01737, -75.07021
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rockcores Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Garvey Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Garvey Springs Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Rockcores Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 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
37% dirt63% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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