Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 5 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back near Shawnee on Delaware, PA. The route passes Sunfish Pond and Sunfish Pond. It climbs 1,717 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 26%9.4 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, 5 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 1,717 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Elevation 416–1,458 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rockcores Trail · 41.00480, -75.09846
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Rockcores Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Douglas Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Holly Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 3.7 miPass Sunfish Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sunfish Pond Fire Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dunnfield Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Sunfish Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rockcores Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
85% dirt15% 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 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from Rockcores Trail Trailhead
- Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 965 ft
- Sunfish Pond–Dunnfield Creek Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 964 ft
- Garvey Springs Trail & Rockcores Trail via Douglas Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 957 ft
- Buckwood Viewpoint–Sunfish Pond, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft
- Upper Yards Creek Reservior–Buckwood Viewpoint, 8 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Farview Trail & Rockcores Trail via Appalachian Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,895 ft
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