Beaver Pond (Hoy's Pond) & Darby Creek Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge near Lester, PA. The route reaches Beaver Pond (Hoy's Pond). It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi0 – 16 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.87557, -75.26764
Nearest town Lester, PA
Directions
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Beaver Pond (Hoy's Pond) & Darby Creek Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation -1–17 ft
Out & Back · John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: 39.87557, -75.26764
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond (Hoy's Pond).
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Tinicum Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Darby Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Tinicum Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach Beaver Pond (Hoy's Pond), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Darby Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Tinicum Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:07 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Beaver Pond (Hoy's Pond)–Long Hook Creek Loop Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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