Upper Pohatcong Mountain
- Elevation: 1235 feet
- : 40.8412, -74.8618
- County: Warren
- Ownership: public
- Owner: Rockport Wildlife Management Area
- Trail Map:
- Topo Map: Acme Mapper
- Nearest Higher Neighbor: Allamuchy Mountain, 6.9 miles.
Other Members Who Have Climbed Upper Pohatcong Mountain
- Anthony Lipovsky (trip report)
- Brian Lubbert (trip report)
- Brom Vermeulen (trip report)
- Eric Koppel (trip report)
- George Grzyb (trip report)
- Gregory Bubniak (trip report)
- Hayley (trip report)
- Ian Colquhoun
- Jeff Bennett
- John Bialek (trip report)
- Karen Englander (trip report)
- Ralph Bressler (trip report)
- Rob Stewart (trip report)
- Robert Alexander (trip report)
- William Maurer (Hoosier) (trip report)
Description: This mountain is privately owned except for a few holdings of the Rockport Wildlife Management Area. Though the RWMA's property is only a fraction of the mountain, the USGS "Pohatcong" benchmark in the summit contour is within the wildlife management area's boundaries: Map
Upper Pohatcong Mountain is a hard-core peakbagger's mountain. Reaching the flat summit requires difficult bushwacking through pricker bushes and careful avoidance of private property. The mountain is viewless and does not even offer interesting rock formations or pleasing streams.
The only views from Upper Pohatcong are from several powerline cuts on the mountain and from a field just above the State Pheasant farm.
The reward of Upper Pohatcong is getting to see the pleasing agricultural area that it is located in.
Upper Pohatcong Mountain is a hard-core peakbagger's mountain. Reaching the flat summit requires difficult bushwacking through pricker bushes and careful avoidance of private property. The mountain is viewless and does not even offer interesting rock formations or pleasing streams.
The only views from Upper Pohatcong are from several powerline cuts on the mountain and from a field just above the State Pheasant farm.
The reward of Upper Pohatcong is getting to see the pleasing agricultural area that it is located in.
Summit Routes
Pictures Posted by Members
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Pheasant
-by-
William Maurer (Hoosier) |
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Rockport Pheasant Farm
-by-
William Maurer (Hoosier) |
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Pheasant
-by-
William Maurer (Hoosier) |
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Pheasant
-by-
William Maurer (Hoosier) |
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View from the Pheasant Farm overlook.
-by-
Jeff Bennett |
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Typical pricker bush patch.
-by-
Jeff Bennett |
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Owner of the land.
-by-
Jeff Bennett |
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View from powerline cut, not far from true summit.
-by-
Jeff Bennett |
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Rockport WMA.
-by-
Eric Koppel |