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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Butler Run Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Birchstill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 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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