Mount Penn Preserve
Blue Trail & Lavender Trail via Bridal Path
2.3 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Blue Trail & Lavender Trail via Bridal Path is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. It climbs 600 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail & Lavender Trail via Bridal Path
2.3 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 499–952 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.35219, -75.90736
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 734 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Lavender Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bridal Path, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 734 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Blue Dot Trail–Lavender Trail, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 440 ft
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