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, 3 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back near Dunnfield, NJ. It climbs 2,566 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi318 – 1,536 ft · steepest grade: 42%14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97137, -75.12539
Nearest town Dunnfield, NJ

Directions

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Mount Tammany Fire Road–Mount Tammany Trail, 3 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft · 5 hr 53 min

Elevation 319–1,534 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.97137, -75.12539

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Tammany Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.5 miTurn right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading NE.
  4. 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
  8. 2.1 miBear left onto Park Road, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miReach Mount Tammany Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 2.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  12. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading N.
  15. 1.9 miTurn left onto Pahaquarry Trail, heading SW.
  16. 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 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

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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