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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site near Pine Swamp, PA. The route passes Old Tulip Poplar before reaching Baptism Creek Spring at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 771 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clement Brooke Lane 40.20345, -75.77324
Nearest town Pine Swamp, PA
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Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 473–770 ft

Out & Back · Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Trailhead: Clement Brooke Lane · 40.20345, -75.77324

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Clement Brooke Lane, heading N.
  2. 400 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 300 ftTurn right onto Lenape Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  8. 400 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading E.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading E.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Buzzards Trail, heading E.
  13. 300 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Buzzards Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Racoon Trail, heading NE.
  17. 100 ftPass Old Tulip Poplar.
  18. 100 ftBear right onto Old Tulip Poplar, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Racoon Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Trail / Racoon Trail, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Creek Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miReach Baptism Creek Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Creek Trail / Racoon Trail, heading SE.
  24. 100 ftTurn left onto Racoon Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.4 miBear right onto Old Tulip Poplar, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Racoon Trail, heading SW.
  27. 200 ftTurn left onto Connector, heading SW.
  28. 150 ftTurn right onto Buzzards Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  30. 250 ftTurn right onto Buzzards Trail, heading S.
  31. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  32. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading SW.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading W.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading W.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading W.
  37. 400 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  39. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  40. 300 ftTurn left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
  41. 50 ftBear right onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading W.
  42. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading W.
  43. 150 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/baptism-creek-spring-old-tulip-poplar-out-back-3-sights-5-km-1580

Trail surface

81% dirt2% gravel17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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