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Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole & Dunnfield Creek Trail via Mount Tammany Fire Road is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Mount Pleasant, NJ. The route reaches Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole. It climbs 2,484 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi554 – 1,536 ft · steepest grade: 40%15.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98192, -75.06521
Nearest town Mount Pleasant, NJ

Directions

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Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole & Dunnfield Creek Trail via Mount Tammany Fire Road

14.8 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft · 6 hr 11 min

Elevation 555–1,534 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.98192, -75.06521

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NW.
  5. 1.8 miTurn right onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.1 miPass Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole.
  7. 100 ftSharp right onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 1.3 miContinue straight onto High Water Bypass Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.5 miReach Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.5 miContinue straight onto High Water Bypass Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading S.
  14. 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
  17. 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:11 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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