Scenic Overlook - Pond–Blue Trail, 5 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Scenic Overlook - Pond–Blue Trail, 5 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Saxton Falls, NJ. The route reaches Scenic Overlook - Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 485 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Scenic Overlook - Pond–Blue Trail, 5 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 686–1,062 ft
Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Maze Trail · 40.89890, -74.77400
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 75°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Maze Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Middle Maze, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Maze Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tally Ho, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Hally Toe, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tally Ho, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hally Toe, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tally Ho, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Scenic Overlook - Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tally Ho, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hally Toe, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tally Ho, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hally Toe, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tally Ho, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Middle Maze, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Maze Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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