Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole & Farview Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Pahaquarry, NJ. The route reaches Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,034 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi453 – 1,007 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Farview Trail 40.98923, -75.12760
Nearest town Pahaquarry, NJ
Directions
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Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole & Farview Trail via Appalachian Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 454–1,006 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Farview Trail · 40.98923, -75.12760
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Farview Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Farview Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Farview Trail Trailhead
- Karamac One Mile Rail Trail (New York Susquehana and Western R.R. 1881 - 1940) 2.2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Farview Trail & Holly Springs Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 728 ft
- Dunnfield Creek Falls–Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,042 ft
- Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole–Farview Trail, 5 sights 8 mi · ▲ 2,134 ft
- Douglas Trail & Farview Trail via Appalachian Trail 9 mi · ▲ 1,921 ft
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