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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

  1. Start on Red Pine Plantation Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miSharp right onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.2 miReach Red Pine Plantation Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Red Pine Plantation Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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