Dunnfield Creek Falls–Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, 3 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Dunnfield, NJ. The route passes Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole and Dunnfield Creek Falls. It climbs 1,188 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi322 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97137, -75.12539
Nearest town Dunnfield, NJ
Directions
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Dunnfield Creek Falls–Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, 3 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 320–1,457 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 N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Blaze Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole.
- 0.2 miPass Dunnfield Creek Falls.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto High Water Bypass Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miReach Dunnfield Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto High Water Bypass Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Blue Blaze Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
92% dirt1% boardwalk7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~115 min). Leave by 5:13 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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