Balcony Rock  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  113' Lat, Long:  39.3249, -77.7179 Map Page Views:  676. Good page?    Administrators:  Frances Fierst, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Phil Westcott on Mar 17, 2012 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Balcony Rock with the rope hanging on the bolt/gea...

Description 

Just West of Sandy Hook, Maryland is Balcony Rock, one of the areas tallest routes (around 80 feet) on dense, vertical and surprisingly clean rock. This area is surrounded by boulders that seems to be frequented a bit more than the rope climbing but I can not be certain. With that said, this is a fairly local crag that will rarely see more than one climbing party in a day.

Getting There 

Balcony Rock is about 100 yards west of the School Bus turnaround down the road (West/towards Maryland Heights Proper) from town of Sandy Hook. Some say this turnaround can be used as parking on weekends, but the easiest thing to do is park down in the gravel by the Railroad lights closer to town - only a few hundred yards before the turnaround. If you do choose to park in the turnaround, don't attempt this risky move during the week and be mindful of those in town who daily use this as a turnaround.

Regardless of where you park, with the river on your left, walk until you get to two gates, follow the obvious trail with awesome stone steps to the right of these two gates. PLEASE use the stepped approach to reduce the risk of erosion, which we all know leads to access issues.

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Bottom half of previous image. Balcony Rock with r...	About the center of the main wall looking left (we...	View of top from the trail. Down and to the right ...
View of anchor as you approach.	Bolt on top of main wall.	Close up of bolt. Fixie hardware. Rust on beaner o...
This One inch crack helps with TR anchor.	View of the crag from down-trail.	Another view from down-trail.
Approach trail from above.	Rock steps. Whoever built these did a great job.	View of trail from road.
View of trail from road.	Enter the trail about 20 feet before the first gat...