Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Viewpoint & Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Path via D&R Canal Towpath
2.7 mi · ▲ 93 ft · 57 min
Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Viewpoint & Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Path via D&R Canal Towpath is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Somerset, NJ. The route reaches Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 93 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Viewpoint & Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Path via D&R Canal Towpath
2.7 mi · ▲ 93 ft · 57 min
Elevation 18–87 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.26790, -74.85013
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 68° · precip 3% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto D&R Canal Towpath, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Path, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Delaware Canal Towpath, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Scudder Falls Bridge Shared Use Path, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto D&R Canal Towpath, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River via D&R Canal Towpath 4.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- D&R Canal Towpath & D&R Greenway 10.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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