Sewickley Valley Conservation Area
Beaver Dam Path–High Maintenance Trail, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,299 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Beaver Dam Path–High Maintenance Trail, 5 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Sewickley Valley Conservation Area near Sewickley Hills, PA. It climbs 1,299 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beaver Dam Path–High Maintenance Trail, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,299 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Elevation 741–1,077 ft
Out & Back · Sewickley Valley Conservation Area
Trailhead: 40.57982, -80.14526
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gas Well Path, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Fords, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Trout Run, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Beaver Dam Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Trout Run, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Swamp Hill, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Craig's Cart Road Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto High Maintenance Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Walker Park Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Beaver Dam Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto High Maintenance Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Craig's Cart Road Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Pass West, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Trout Run, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Dam Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trout Run, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Horse Fords, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Gas Well Path, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.4 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Habitat Maze Sunset Point–Gas Well Path, 5 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 305 ft
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