Mount Penn Preserve
Blue Trail–Ridge Trail, 3 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 303 ft · 53 min
Blue Trail–Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near East Reading, PA. It climbs 303 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi709 – 997 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33485, -75.90286
Nearest town East Reading, PA
Directions
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Blue Trail–Ridge Trail, 3 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 303 ft · 53 min
Elevation 708–998 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.33485, -75.90286
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto A-Line, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto T-Flow, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Duece, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto T-Flow, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Spuhler Lane, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto T-Flow, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Duece, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto T-Flow, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto A-Line, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 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
14% dirt11% paved75% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
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- Egelman Reservoir & Ridge Trail 2 mi · ▲ 285 ft
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