Promised Land State Park
Bald Eagle Trail–Big Dam Ridge Trail, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Bald Eagle Trail–Big Dam Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Promised Land State Park near Promised Land, PA. It climbs 535 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bald Eagle Trail–Big Dam Ridge Trail, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Elevation 1,641–1,849 ft
Out & Back · Promised Land State Park
Trailhead: Kleinhans Trail · 41.34357, -75.21302
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cross Cut Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Bear Wallow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hemlock Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Big Dam Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Mill Brook #1 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sno Runner Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Saw Mill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Oak Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Bald Eagle Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Cross Cut Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Red Oak Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Saw Mill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sno Runner Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mill Brook #1 Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Big Dam Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Hemlock Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Bear Wallow Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cross Cut Trail, heading E.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Kleinhans Trail Trailhead
- Big Dam Ridge Trail–Cross Cut Trail Loop, 5 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- (overgrown, 2016-8-10) & Brown Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Bruce Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 3 lakes 5 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Cross Cut Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Bear Wallow Trail 5 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Bear Wallow Trail & Cross Cut Trail 5 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Big Dam Ridge Trail–Cross Cut Trail, 5 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 165 ft
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