Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Upper Yards Creek Reservior, 10 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back near Calno, NJ. The route passes Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir and Sunfish Pond before reaching Upper Yards Creek Reservior at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 2,079 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi328 – 1,601 ft · steepest grade: 18%13.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Coppermine Trail 41.03788, -75.02745
Nearest town Calno, NJ
Directions
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Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir–Upper Yards Creek Reservior, 10 sights
13 mi · ▲ 2,079 ft · 5 hr 22 min
Elevation 330–1,602 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Coppermine Trail · 41.03788, -75.02745
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Coppermine Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Upper Kaiser Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Kaiser Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miPass Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir.
- 0.9 miPass Sunfish Pond.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Buckwood Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunfish Pond Fire Road/Buckwood Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Buckwood Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miPass Upper Yards Creek Reservior.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Yards Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftReach Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Buckwood Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Sunfish Pond Fire Road/Buckwood Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Buckwood Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Kaiser Road Trail (Blue), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Kaiser Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Upper Kaiser Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Coppermine Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
31% dirt5% gravel64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~107 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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