Area 51 & Goat Hill via Lower Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 512 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Area 51 & Goat Hill via Lower Loop is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Spring Mount, PA. It climbs 512 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 492 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.27134, -75.44895
Nearest town Spring Mount, PA
Directions
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Area 51 & Goat Hill via Lower Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 512 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 166–491 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.27134, -75.44895
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead Canyon, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Goat Hill, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Area 51, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Perkiomen Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Area 51, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Area 51, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Goat Hill, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Copperhead Canyon, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Lower Loop, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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 surface
24% dirt12% paved64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Spring Mountain–Spring Mounatin Ski Area, 3 summits 2.1 mi · ▲ 521 ft
- Spring Mounatin Ski Area & Area 51 via Perkiomen Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 525 ft
- Spring Mountain–Goat Hill, 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 577 ft
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