Ballas Meadow Preserve
Ballas Viewpoint & Bushkill Township Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Ballas Viewpoint & Bushkill Township Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Ballas Meadow Preserve near Bushkill Center, PA. The route reaches Ballas Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ballas Viewpoint & Bushkill Township Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 541–707 ft
Out & Back · Ballas Meadow Preserve
Trailhead: Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) · 40.79829, -75.30957
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bushkill Township Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Ballas Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Ballas Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bushkill Township Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 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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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) Trailhead
- Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed) Loop via Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 1.9 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed) Loop via Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 1.9 mi · ▲ 33 ft
- Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) Loop 2 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 2.2 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed) via Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 2.3 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 2.5 mi · ▲ 190 ft
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