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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miReach Mount Tammany Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NE.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading S.
- 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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