Pinwheel Vista via Appalachian Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near DeKays, NJ. The route reaches Pinwheel Vista at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 830 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi440 – 1,280 ft · steepest grade: 31%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.21934, -74.45526
Nearest town DeKays, NJ
Directions
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Pinwheel Vista via Appalachian Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 830 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 439–1,279 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.21934, -74.45526
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Pinwheel Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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