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Scenic Overlook - Pond–Tilcon Lake, 13 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Waterloo, NJ. The route passes Starport on MC and Tilcon Lake before reaching Scenic Overlook - Pond at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 1,561 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi637 – 1,158 ft14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail 40.92193, -74.73920
Nearest town Waterloo, NJ

Directions

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Scenic Overlook - Pond–Tilcon Lake, 13 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 1,561 ft · 5 hr 13 min

Elevation 636–1,158 ft

Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park

Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail · 40.92193, -74.73920

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sussex Branch Trail, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pebble/Waterloo-517 Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left onto Pebble Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Earthworm, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miPass Starport on MC.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Morris Canal Greenway, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Canal Connector, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miPass Tilcon Lake.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Trestle Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left onto Cooler Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Trestle Trail, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftBear right onto Cooler Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pre Cooler, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Funyuns, heading S.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miBear right onto Skeezix, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miBear right onto Green Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading S.
  23. 250 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.8 miContinue straight onto xx, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftBear right onto Golden Trail Extension, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
  30. 0.1 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  31. 50 ftReach Scenic Overlook - Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miBear right onto Golden Trail Extension, heading W.
  34. 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading W.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto xx, heading W.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
  37. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading N.
  39. 250 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
  40. 0.1 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading NE.
  41. 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading N.
  42. 0.2 miBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading E.
  43. 0.4 miTurn right onto Skeezix, heading E.
  44. 100 ftBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading E.
  45. 0.5 miBear left onto Funyuns, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading NW.
  47. 100 ftTurn left onto Pre Cooler, heading NW.
  48. 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading NW.
  49. 0.2 miBear left onto Trestle Trail, heading N.
  50. 100 ftBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading N.
  51. 50 ftSharp right onto Trestle Trail, heading N.
  52. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  53. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canal Connector, heading N.
  54. 0.5 miSharp left onto Morris Canal Greenway, heading SW.
  55. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Morris Canal Connector, heading SW.
  56. 0.5 miSharp left onto Earthworm, heading W.
  57. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Pebble Trail, heading N.
  58. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pebble/Waterloo-517 Trail, heading W.
  59. 0.9 miTurn left onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading SE.
  60. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading E.
  61. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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