Birdsboro Waters
Birdsboro Reservoir & Mr Driggs via Haycreek Road
2.8 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Birdsboro Reservoir & Mr Driggs via Haycreek Road is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Birdsboro Waters near Trap Rock, PA. The route reaches Birdsboro Reservoir. It climbs 622 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Birdsboro Reservoir & Mr Driggs via Haycreek Road
2.8 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 244–599 ft
Out & Back · Birdsboro Waters
Trailhead: 40.24264, -75.80988
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Birdsboro Reservoir.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Haycreek Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Mr Driggs, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Birdsboro Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Haycreek Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:58 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Horse-Shoe Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft
- Trap Rock–Birdsboro Reservoir Loop, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,085 ft
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