Scenic Overlook - Pond–Tilcon Lake, 11 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft · 4 hr 41 min
Scenic Overlook - Pond–Tilcon Lake, 11 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Lockwood, NJ. The route passes Waterloo Lakes and Tilcon Lake before reaching Scenic Overlook - Pond at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 1,027 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Scenic Overlook - Pond–Tilcon Lake, 11 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft · 4 hr 41 min
Elevation 637–1,158 ft
Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 40.90953, -74.72147
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 75°F / low 63° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 777 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Morris Canal Greenway, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Continental Drive Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miPass Waterloo Lakes.
- 0.9 miPass Tilcon Lake.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Trestle Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Cooler Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Trestle Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Cooler Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pre Cooler, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Funyuns, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cooler Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Skeezix, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto xx, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Golden Trail Extension, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Scenic Overlook - Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Golden Trail Extension, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto xx, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Skeezix, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Funyuns, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pre Cooler, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Trestle Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Trestle Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canal Connector, heading W.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Morris Canal Greenway, heading E.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 777 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Morris Canal Greenway 2.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Morris Canal Greenway 3 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Waterloo Lakes–Continental Drive Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Tilcon Lake–Waterloo Lakes, 10 sights 10 mi · ▲ 688 ft
- Waterloo Lakes–Wheeler Lake, 8 sights 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft
- Deer Park Pond–Waterloo Lakes, 7 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 602 ft
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