State Game Lands Number 91
Bear Swamp Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 5 sights
13.6 mi · ▲ 1,115 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Bear Swamp Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 5 sights is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 91 near Rockdale, PA. It climbs 1,115 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bear Swamp Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 5 sights
13.6 mi · ▲ 1,115 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,291–2,176 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 91
Trailhead: High Bridge Road · 41.29709, -75.63198
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Watres Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Hayes Run Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Painter Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Pine Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bear Swamp Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach Hayes Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Pine Hill Road, heading W.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto Hayes Run Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Watres Trail, heading NE.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.1 mi in (~152 min). Leave by 4:36 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from High Bridge Road Trailhead
- Watres Reservoir via High Bridge Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 263 ft
- Panther Hill & High Bridge Road via Watres Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,028 ft
- County Line Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 5 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft
- Boundary Line Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 7 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 1,309 ft
- Hayes Run Trail–High Bridge Road, 5 sights 15 mi · ▲ 1,284 ft
- Frank Gantz Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 6 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 1,227 ft
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