Upper Yards Creek Reservior–Buckwood Trail, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Upper Yards Creek Reservior–Buckwood Trail, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Mount Vernon, NJ. The route reaches Upper Yards Creek Reservior. It climbs 365 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Upper Yards Creek Reservior–Buckwood Trail, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,363–1,602 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Yards Creek Road · 41.00011, -75.05408
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Upper Yards Creek Reservior.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yards Creek Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Buckwood Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Upper Yards Creek Reservior, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Yards Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.
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