2013-08-20 11 36 16 View up the Mount Tammany Trail at about 400 feet.jpg
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Mount Tammany Fire Road & Mount Tammany Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Mount Pleasant, NJ. It climbs 1,739 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi325 – 1,536 ft · steepest grade: 41%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98337, -75.06543
Nearest town Mount Pleasant, NJ

Directions

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Mount Tammany Fire Road & Mount Tammany Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,739 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Elevation 325–1,534 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.98337, -75.06543

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading W.
  4. 1.9 miTurn left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miReach Mount Tammany Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.5 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NE.
  7. 1.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left, heading S.
  10. 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

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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