Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest
Big Mountain Trail & Headwaters Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Big Mountain Trail & Headwaters Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest near Aristes, PA. It climbs 554 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Directions
Big Mountain Trail & Headwaters Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 1,187–1,661 ft
Out & Back · Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest
Trailhead: 40.83090, -76.33590
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Headwaters Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Field Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1 miReach Big Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Old Field Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Headwaters Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Klines Reservoir–Black Trail, 4 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 645 ft
- Corduroy Trail–Headwaters Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 455 ft
- Aristes Trail–Big Mountain Trail, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Big Mountain & Roaring Enduro Trail via Black Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- Big Mountain Trail–Corduroy Trail, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 679 ft
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