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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miPass Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading W.
- 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 E.
- 1.5 miReach Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, 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 W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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- Mount Tammany Fire Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 526 ft
- Mount Tammany Fire Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 547 ft
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