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Birchstill Trail via Butler Run Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Thornhurst, PA. It climbs 298 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,627 – 1,772 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.17815, -75.61583
Nearest town Thornhurst, PA

Directions

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Birchstill Trail via Butler Run Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 298 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 1,627–1,773 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.17815, -75.61583

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Butler Run Trail, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading E.
  4. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.2 miReach Birchstill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading W.
  10. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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