Mount Tammany Fire Road
4.3 mi · ▲ 723 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Mount Tammany Fire Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Mount Pleasant, NJ. It climbs 723 ft, with sections as steep as 55% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Mount Tammany Fire Road
4.3 mi · ▲ 723 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 816–1,541 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.97033, -75.07749
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading N.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Mount Tammany Fire Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 744 ft
- Park Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 867 ft
- Buckwood Trail via Mount Tammany Fire Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft
- Park Road 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft
- Mount Tammany Fire Road & Mount Tammany Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft
- Dunnfield Creek Falls Swimming Hole & Dunnfield Creek Trail via Mount Tammany Fire Road 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,682 ft
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