Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 5 sights is a 14-mile out-and-back in Spruce Swamp Natural Area near Thornhurst, PA. It climbs 750 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,627 – 1,883 ft14.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Golf Course Trail 41.20691, -75.61529
Nearest town Thornhurst, PA
Directions
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Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 750 ft · 5 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,627–1,884 ft
Out & Back · Spruce Swamp Natural Area
Trailhead: Golf Course Trail · 41.20691, -75.61529
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Golf Course Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Bear Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sunday Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Birchstill Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pinchot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miReach Golf Course Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sunday Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Bear Lake Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Golf Course Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM
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