Buckwood Trail & Mount Tammany Fire Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Buckwood Trail & Mount Tammany Fire Road is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Mount Vernon, NJ. It climbs 369 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Buckwood Trail & Mount Tammany Fire Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,361–1,593 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Yards Creek Road · 40.99929, -75.04973
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yards Creek Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Buckwood Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Mount Tammany Fire Road, 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 NE.
- 250 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 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM — 2 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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