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 a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Mount Pleasant, NJ. It climbs 1,945 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi331 – 1,536 ft · steepest grade: 52%10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.96836, -75.07944
Nearest town Mount Pleasant, NJ

Directions

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Mount Tammany Fire Road & Mount Tammany Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Elevation 330–1,534 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.96836, -75.07944

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NW.
  7. 1.9 miTurn left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.4 miBear left onto Mount Tammany Trail, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftReach Mount Tammany Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 400 ftBear right onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NE.
  12. 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.5 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

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~79 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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