Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 4 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site near Pine Swamp, PA. The route passes Hopewell Lake and Old Tulip Poplar before reaching Baptism Creek Spring at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 367 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi476 – 771 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hopewell Lake Loop 40.19952, -75.78371
Nearest town Pine Swamp, PA
Directions
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Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 4 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 476–770 ft
Out & Back · Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Trailhead: Hopewell Lake Loop · 40.19952, -75.78371
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hopewell Lake Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Hopewell Lake.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Lenape Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Buzzards Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Buzzards Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Racoon Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Old Tulip Poplar.
- 150 ftBear right onto Old Tulip Poplar, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Racoon Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Trail / Racoon Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mill Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Baptism Creek Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Creek Trail / Racoon Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Racoon Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Old Tulip Poplar, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Racoon Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Connector, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Buzzards Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Buzzards Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading SE.
- 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
87% dirt1% gravel1% paved11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hopewell Lake Loop Trailhead
- Hopewell Lake & Scotts Run Lake via Lenape Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 4 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 452 ft
- Brush–Hopewell Lake, 3 summits 4.8 mi · ▲ 549 ft
- Old Tulip Poplar–Hopewell Lake, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 640 ft
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