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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto A-Line, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto T-Flow, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Duece, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto T-Flow, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto Spuhler Lane, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miReach Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 250 ftSharp right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftSharp left onto T-Flow, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Duece, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto T-Flow, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
  23. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 400 ftTurn left onto A-Line, heading S.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
  26. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  27. 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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