{{Short description|Road on Kittatinny Mountain, New Jersey, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} [[File:NJFFS_Helispot_3_Mount_Tammany_Fire_Road_Kittatinny_Mountain.jpg|thumb|right|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''' is an unpaved {{convert|4.5|mi|km|adj=on}} road on the eastern ridgeline of [[Kittatinny Mountain]] from [[Yards Creek Generating Station|Upper Yards Creek Reservoir]] to [[Mount Tammany]], the {{convert|1527|ft|m|adj=on}} 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]].<ref name="WorthingtonMap">New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, [http://www.njparksandforests.org/parks/maps/worthington%20map_sm.pdf "Worthington State Forest Map"] and [http://www.njparksandforests.org/parks/maps/Worthington_TrailMap_reduced.pdf "Worthington State Forest Trail Map"]. Retrieved October 24, 2015.</ref> There are three helispots along the fire road used by the Forest Fire Service.
The Mount Tammany Fire Road was constructed as a dozer line created after the 1976 Dunnfield Creek fire on Kittatinny Mountain which consumed over {{convert|2000|acres|sqkm}} of forests from April 18 to April 22, 1976.<ref>Dave Shelton, "'Tinderbox' state parks open in northern areas", ''The New Jersey Herald'', April 25, 1976.</ref> 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.<ref>NJ Hiking (blog), [http://www.njhiking.com/nj-challenging-hikes-mt-tammany-sunfish-pond/ "Mt. Tammany and Sunfish Pond"], September 3, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.</ref><ref>AllTrails.com (National Geographic blog), [http://alltrails.com/trail/us/new-jersey/mt-tammany-to-at-loop "Mt. Tammany Loop"]. Retrieved October 24, 2015.</ref> The Mount Tammany Fire Road connects with the Blue Dot Trail, Red Dot Trail, Turquoise and Taylor Trails on [[Mount Tammany]].<ref name="WorthingtonMap" />
==Locations== [[File:NJFFS_Mount_Tammany_Fire_Road_aspen_and_birch_grove.jpg|thumb|right|Grove of aspen and birch trees along the Mount Tammany Fire Road]] * Southern terminus: {{coord|40|58|09|N|75|06|41|W|format=dms|display=inline}} (Mount Tammany) * Helispot 1: {{coord|40.969866|-75.112195|format=dms|display=inline}} * Helispot 2: {{coord|40.982073|-75.083738|format=dms|display=inline}} * Helispot 3: {{coord|40.993637|-75.056083|format=dms|display=inline}} * Northern terminus: {{coord|40.999422|-75.048127|format=dms|display=inline,title}} (Upper Yards Creek Reservoir)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/fire/ New Jersey Forest Fire Service] * [http://www.njparksandforests.org/parks/worthington.html Worthington State Forest] * [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/ New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry] {{New Jersey Forest Fire Service|state=autocollapse}} {{Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area}}
[[Category:New Jersey Forest Fire Service]] [[Category:Wildfire prevention]] [[Category:Wildfire suppression facilities]]