Birchstill Trail & Red Pine Plantation Trail via Keller's Swamp Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Thornhurst, PA. It is mostly level, with 244 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,627 – 1,772 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Pine Plantation Trail 41.17842, -75.60531
Nearest town Thornhurst, PA
Directions
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Birchstill Trail & Red Pine Plantation Trail via Keller's Swamp Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 244 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,627–1,773 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Red Pine Plantation Trail · 41.17842, -75.60531
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Red Pine Plantation Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miReach Red Pine Plantation 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.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Red Pine Plantation Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
74% dirt26% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM
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