Buckwood Trail–Mount Tammany Fire Road, 3 sights is a 10.2-mile out-and-back near Dunnfield, NJ. It climbs 1,514 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi322 – 1,558 ft · steepest grade: 27%10.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97137, -75.12539
Nearest town Dunnfield, NJ
Directions
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Buckwood Trail–Mount Tammany Fire Road, 3 sights
10.2 mi · ▲ 1,514 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 320–1,557 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.97137, -75.12539
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Tammany Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NE.
- 3 miTurn left onto Buckwood Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Mount Tammany Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
- 3 miTurn left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 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
29% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dunnfield Creek Falls & Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole via Pahaquarry Trail 1.2 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Dunnfield Creek Falls–Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft
- Mount Tammany Fire Road–Mount Tammany Trail, 3 sights 13.8 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft
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