Bear Swamp Trail–Boundary Line Trail, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Bear Swamp Trail–Boundary Line Trail, 5 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View Summit, PA. It climbs 251 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bear Swamp Trail–Boundary Line Trail, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,906–2,169 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Powder Magazine Trail · 41.21929, -75.63124
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Powder Magazine Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pine Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Boundary Line Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Swamp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miReach Powder Magazine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Boundary Line Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Pine Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Powder Magazine Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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