Birchstill Trail & Sunday Trail via Keller's Swamp Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Spruce Swamp Natural Area near Thornhurst, PA. It climbs 271 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,624 – 1,870 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.18873, -75.60626
Nearest town Thornhurst, PA
Directions
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Birchstill Trail & Sunday Trail via Keller's Swamp Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 271 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 1,623–1,869 ft
Out & Back · Spruce Swamp Natural Area
Trailhead: 41.18873, -75.60626
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Birchstill Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sunday Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Bear Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Birchstill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sunday Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Birchstill Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM
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- Red Pine Plantation Trail via Keller's Swamp Trail 2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Keller's Swamp Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Choke Creek Falls via Pinchot Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 189 ft
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