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.
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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
- Start on Sussex Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pebble/Waterloo-517 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Pebble Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Earthworm, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Starport on MC.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Morris Canal Greenway, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Canal Connector, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Tilcon Lake.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Trestle Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Cooler Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Trestle Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Cooler Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pre Cooler, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Funyuns, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Skeezix, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cooler Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Green Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto xx, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Golden Trail Extension, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Scenic Overlook - Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
- 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 N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Skeezix, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cooler Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Funyuns, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pre Cooler, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cooler Trail, heading NW.
- 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 N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Morris Canal Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Morris Canal Connector, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Earthworm, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Pebble Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pebble/Waterloo-517 Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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