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Birdsboro Waters

Birdsboro Reservoir & S.Miller to the Creek Old Doubletrack via Haycreek Road

5.6 mi · ▲ 949 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Birdsboro Reservoir & S.Miller to the Creek Old Doubletrack via Haycreek Road is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Birdsboro Waters near Kulptown, PA. The route reaches Birdsboro Reservoir. It climbs 949 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 682 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.24118, -75.80270
Nearest town Kulptown, PA
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Birdsboro Reservoir & S.Miller to the Creek Old Doubletrack via Haycreek Road

5.6 mi · ▲ 949 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 244–682 ft

Out & Back · Birdsboro Waters

Trailhead: 40.24118, -75.80270

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miPass Birdsboro Reservoir.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Haycreek Road, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Goodday Sunshine, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto S.Miller to the Creek Old Doubletrack, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miReach Birdsboro Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Goodday Sunshine, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 250 ftTurn right onto Haycreek Road, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  28. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  31. 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
  32. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/birdsboro-reservoir-s-miller-to-the-creek-old-doubletrack-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

19% dirt81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:10 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.

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