Mount Tammany, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Name: Mount Tammany
Address: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, United States

#8 among attractions in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Tammany, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

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Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains, in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey, United States. It is 1,526 feet tall, and forms the east side of the Delaware Water Gap. Across the Gap is Mount Minsi, on the Pennsylvania side of the river. The mountain is named after the Lenni Lenape chief Tamanend. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in Worthington State Forest. The summit can be hiked by the Mount Tammany Trail ascending the western slopes. The trailhead is accessible from Interstate 80. ()

Elevation: 1527 ftCoordinates: 40°58'9"N, 75°6'41"W

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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area United States

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Mount Tammany – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium, Sunfish Pond, Sherman Theater.

2.2 miN
Golf
The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
57 min walk • The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort is a resort in the village of Shawnee on Delaware, located in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania. The hotel is a Spanish colonial revival building with white-Moorish architecture and Spanish tiled roofs.
3.8 miNW
Science museum, Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium, East Stroudsburg
98 min walk • The Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History is a museum at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. It features habitat recreations that display and interpret more than 130 wildlife specimens from around the world.
3.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Sunfish Pond, Worthington State Forest
78 min walk • Sunfish Pond is a 44-acre glacial lake surrounded by a 258-acre hardwood forest located on the Kittatinny Ridge within Worthington State Forest, adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Warren County, New Jersey.
4.3 miW
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg
111 min walk • The Sherman Theater is a not-for-profit concert hall and community theater located on Main Street in downtown Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
1.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Minsi, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
29 min walk • Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation.
1.5 miNW
Bridge
Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
38 min walk • The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Interstate 80 across the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap, connecting Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, and Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
1.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Delaware Water Gap, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
39 min walk • The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains.
3.2 miS
Bridge
Portland–Columbia Pedestrian Bridge, Shawnee on Delaware
83 min walk • The Portland–Columbia Pedestrian Bridge is a footbridge that crosses the Delaware River, at Portland, Pennsylvania, connecting to Columbia, in Knowlton Township, New Jersey, United States. The bridge is owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
3.7 miN
41°1'17"N • 75°7'45"W
Pocono Snake and Animal Farm, Shawnee on Delaware
95 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
1.9 miNW
40°59'3"N • 75°8'29"W
Antoine Dutot Museum and Gallery, Delaware Water Gap
48 min walk • Art museum, Museum
4.7 miW
Museum, History museum
Stroud Mansion, Stroudsburg
119 min walk • Stroud Mansion is a historic home located at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1795, and is a 3 ¹⁄₂-story building with pedimented gable roof and a 2 ¹⁄₂-story rear wing.