State Game Lands Number 91

Crossing Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 743 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Crossing Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 91 near Pleasant View Summit, PA. It climbs 743 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,837 – 2,133 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Choke Creek Nature Trail 41.20041, -75.63171
Nearest town Pleasant View Summit, PA

Directions

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Crossing Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 743 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 1,838–2,133 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 91

Trailhead: Choke Creek Nature Trail · 41.20041, -75.63171

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pinchot Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.4 miContinue straight onto White Line Trail, heading N.
  4. 1 miBear left onto Boundary Line Trail, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear right onto White Line Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right onto Pine Hill Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Powder Magazine Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto Crossing Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1.4 miReach Frank Gantz Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.4 miBear left onto Powder Magazine Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right onto Pine Hill Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.1 miTurn left onto White Line Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.7 miBear left onto Boundary Line Trail, heading S.
  16. 350 ftBear right onto White Line Trail, heading S.
  17. 1 miContinue straight onto Pinchot Trail, heading S.
  18. 1.4 miTurn left onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading E.
  19. 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

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.5 mi in (~172 min). Leave by 4:15 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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