Sewickley Valley Conservation Area
High Maintenance Trail–Pipeline Pass West, 4 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,372 ft · 2 hr 53 min
High Maintenance Trail–Pipeline Pass West, 4 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Sewickley Valley Conservation Area near Sewickley Hills, PA. It climbs 1,372 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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High Maintenance Trail–Pipeline Pass West, 4 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,372 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Elevation 741–1,150 ft
Out & Back · Sewickley Valley Conservation Area
Trailhead: Gravel Path · 40.57123, -80.15072
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sewickley Heights - Pipeline Pass, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Swamp Hill, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Craig's Cart Road Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto High Maintenance Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Walker Park Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Sewickley Heights - Pipeline Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto High Maintenance Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Craig's Cart Road Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Pass West, heading SE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Sewickley Heights - Pipeline Pass, heading SE.
- 0.2 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 7:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:16 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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