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State Game Lands Number 91

Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 4 sights

14 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 5 hr 4 min

Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 4 sights is a 14-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 91 near Thornhurst, PA. It climbs 789 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,627 – 1,923 ft14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dip Road 41.20369, -75.61117
Nearest town Thornhurst, PA
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Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 4 sights

14 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 5 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,627–1,923 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 91

Trailhead: Dip Road · 41.20369, -75.61117

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Dip Road, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fire Line Road, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Pinchot Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Cabin ROW, heading N.
  10. 0.7 miBear left onto Pinchot Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right onto Behler Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftReach Birchstill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto Pinchot Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.8 miBear right onto Choke Creek Cabin ROW, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pinchot Trail, heading S.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading NE.
  18. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  19. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading NE.
  21. 1.2 miTurn right onto Fire Line Road, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Dip Road, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miArrive 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/bear-lake-trail-out-back

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.3 mi in (~168 min). Leave by 4:19 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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