Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole & Dunnfield Creek Trail via Mount Tammany Fire Road is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Mount Pleasant, NJ. The route reaches Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole. It climbs 2,682 ft, with sections as steep as 38% 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
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,682 ft · 6 hr 42 min
Elevation 555–1,534 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.96836, -75.07944
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miPass Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto High Water Bypass Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 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.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Mount Tammany Fire Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 723 ft
- Mount Tammany Fire Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 744 ft
- Park Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 867 ft
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- Park Road 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft
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