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Mount Penn Preserve

Antietam Lake–Antietam Reservoir Trail, 5 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Antietam Lake–Antietam Reservoir Trail, 5 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near College Heights, PA. The route reaches Antietam Lake. It climbs 1,390 ft. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 1,073 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36574, -75.89939
Nearest town College Heights, PA
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Antietam Lake–Antietam Reservoir Trail, 5 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 507–1,074 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.36574, -75.89939

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftSharp right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Bridal Path, heading S.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftSharp left onto Rip It, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Tower Trail, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  21. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto TNT, heading SE.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Alternate Orchard, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  27. 400 ftBear left onto Boomsauce, heading NE.
  28. 250 ftTurn right onto The Pines, heading NE.
  29. 0.1 miBear left onto Boomsauce, heading N.
  30. 50 ftSharp right onto Alternate Orchard, heading N.
  31. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boomsauce, heading N.
  33. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  34. 0.3 miPass Antietam Lake.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wizard Of Oz, heading N.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto Antietam Reservoir Trail, heading N.
  39. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  40. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  42. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  43. 150 ftReach Antietam Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  44. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  45. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  46. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  47. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  48. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  49. 50 ftBear right onto Wizard Of Oz, heading NE.
  50. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  51. 0.4 miBear right onto Boomsauce, heading S.
  52. 0.1 miSharp right onto Alternate Orchard, heading N.
  53. 50 ftSharp left onto Boomsauce, heading N.
  54. 50 ftBear right onto The Pines, heading N.
  55. 0.1 miTurn left onto Boomsauce, heading SW.
  56. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  57. 450 ftSharp left onto Alternate Orchard, heading W.
  58. 100 ftContinue straight onto TNT, heading S.
  59. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  60. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  61. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  62. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
  63. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  64. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  65. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  66. 50 ftTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading SW.
  67. 350 ftSharp right onto Rip It, heading SW.
  68. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  69. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  70. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  71. 250 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading S.
  72. 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  73. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bridal Path, heading SW.
  74. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  75. 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  76. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
  77. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  78. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  79. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  80. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  81. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/antietam-lake-antietam-lake-out-back-6-sights-9-km

Trail surface

21% dirt12% gravel67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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