Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Sunfish Pond, 4 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back near Millbrook, NJ. The route passes Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir and Sunfish Pond. It climbs 1,896 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,112 – 1,598 ft · steepest grade: 19%15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.05815, -74.96428
Nearest town Millbrook, NJ
Directions
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Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Sunfish Pond, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,896 ft · 6 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,114–1,599 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.05815, -74.96428
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 5.2 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miPass Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir.
- 0.9 miPass Sunfish Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Buckwood Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 5.2 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
42% dirt9% gravel49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Blue Viewpoint–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 sights 1.5 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Sand Pond–Copperhead Spring Pond, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 783 ft
- 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
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