• A waterfall in the park

    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

  • Closures

    A section of US Rt. 209 and several other areas remain closed until repairs are complete. More »

Hiking Mt. Tammany NJ at the Gap

SUNFISH POND
Directions to Dunnfield | Worthington State Forest

Hiking in New Jersey | Hiking in Pennsylvania

The AT in New Jersey | The AT in Pennsylvania
More about the AT and its path through the park 
Mileage along the AT in New Jersey

 

Mt. Tammany Trail/Red Dot Trail GPS 40.971817 -75.123383
Dunnfield Parking (AT/Sunfish Pond) GPS 40.971977 -75.125812

 

Most hikers want to climb Mt. Tammany in New Jersey (above), but the best view of Mt. Tammany is from the top of the other gatepost of the Gap, Mt. Minsi in Pennsylvania.

From Dunnfield Creek parking area (Worthington State Forest) to the top of Mt. Tammany via the Red Dot Trail is a steep and rocky 1.5 mile climb.

From Dunnfield Creek parking area (Worthington State Forest) to the top of Mt. Tammany via the Blue Blazed Trail is a more gradual 2.5 mile climb, most of it on wide trails and old roadbeds.

The Red Dot and the Blue Blazed (or Blue Dot) trails join at the top of Mt. Tammany to form a 4-mile loop.

Also atop Mt. Tammany is the Mt Tammany Fire Road, which runs along the ridge to meet the Turquoise Trail to Sunfish Pond. This is one way to hike both Mt. Tammany and Sunfish Pond without backtracking.

For brief descriptions of all these trails, see the park's bulletin on Hiking the Gap at right (pdf file).

  • Park Bulletin: Park Bulletin:

    Hike the Gap/New Jersey/Tammany Read More

Did You Know?

A low long steamboat passing  a riverbank with canoes on it

... that a century before this recreation area was formed, the Delaware Water Gap was touted as a Wonder of the World, and drew vacationers via rail lines from Philadelphia and New York City. There were trails to stroll, verandas for viewing the gap, and a steamboat for moonlight cruises. More...