Mount Tammany Fire Road

The Mount Tammany Fire Road is an unpaved 4.5-mile (7.2 km) road on the eastern ridgeline of Kittatinny Mountain from Upper Yards Creek Reservoir to Mount Tammany, the 1,527-foot (465 m) prominence on the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap. The fire road, located within Worthington State Forest, is maintained as a firebreak and access road for wildfire suppression efforts by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.[1] There are three helispots along the fire road used by the Forest Fire Service.

View looking east at the New Jersey Forest Fire Service's Helispot 3 along the Mount Tammany Fire Road on Kittatinny Mountain

The Mount Tammany Fire Road was constructed as a dozer line created after the 1976 Dunnfield Creek fire on Kittatinny Mountain which consumed over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of forests from April 18 to April 22, 1976.[2] Today, the road is often used as part of a loop with the Appalachian Trail, Sunfish Pond Fire Road, Dunnfield Creek trail and other trails by hikers visiting the Delaware Water Gap.[3][4] The Mount Tammany Fire Road connects with the Blue Dot Trail, Red Dot Trail, Turquoise and Taylor Trails on Mount Tammany.[1]

Locations
Grove of aspen and birch trees along the Mount Tammany Fire Road

References
  1. New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, "Worthington State Forest Map" and "Worthington State Forest Trail Map". Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  2. Dave Shelton, "'Tinderbox' state parks open in northern areas", The New Jersey Herald, April 25 1976.
  3. NJ Hiking (blog), "Mt. Tammany and Sunfish Pond", September 3, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. AllTrails.com (National Geographic blog), "Mt. Tammany Loop". Retrieved October 24, 2015.
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