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Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route reaches Sunfish Pond. It climbs 964 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 1,385 ft · steepest grade: 35%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rockcores Trail 41.00480, -75.09846
Nearest town Shawnee on Delaware, PA

Directions

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Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 3 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 964 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 416–1,384 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rockcores Trail · 41.00480, -75.09846

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start on Rockcores Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftPass Sunfish Pond.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading S.
  8. 150 ftReach Sunfish Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rockcores Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.7 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

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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