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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

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftReach Pinwheel Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 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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