Scenic Overlook - Waterloo Area & Highlands Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Waterloo, NJ. The route reaches Scenic Overlook - Waterloo Area. It climbs 873 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi666 – 1,096 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail 40.92193, -74.73920
Nearest town Waterloo, NJ
Directions
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Scenic Overlook - Waterloo Area & Highlands Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 873 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 667–1,095 ft
Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail · 40.92193, -74.73920
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 75°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · 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.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Scenic Overlook - Waterloo Area.
- 0.8 miReach Scenic Overlook - Waterloo Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Pebble Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading SE.
- 150 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
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 75°F62°
Precip2%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity77%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
72°59°
Mon
76°53°
Tue
80°55°
Wed
83°61°
16%
Thu
79°62°
16%
Fri
70°47°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sussex Branch Trail Trailhead
- Waterloo Lakes–Jefferson Lake, 6 sights 2 mi · ▲ 202 ft
- Jefferson Lake–Allamuchy Mountain State Park Beach Loop, 5 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Scenic Overlook - Musconetcong River–Pebble Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 470 ft
- Cranberry Lake–Jefferson Lake, 4 lakes 3.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Wheeler Lake–Eberling Memorial, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Earthworm–Pebble Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 633 ft
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