2014-08-26 17 04 30 View southwest along the Appalachian Trail about 2.1 miles northeast of the Delaware Water Gap in Worthington State Forest, New Jersey.JPG
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Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole–Mount Tammany Trail, 3 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route reaches Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole. It climbs 2,046 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi322 – 1,371 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rockcores Trail 41.00480, -75.09846
Nearest town Shawnee on Delaware, PA

Directions

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Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole–Mount Tammany Trail, 3 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 2,046 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 321–1,373 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rockcores Trail · 41.00480, -75.09846

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start on Rockcores Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miSharp right onto Douglas Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.2 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  4. 2.6 miPass Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole.
  5. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Mount Tammany Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miReach Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  14. 3 miSharp left onto Douglas Trail, heading N.
  15. 1.2 miSharp left onto Rockcores Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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