Mount Penn Preserve

Boomsauce–Deer Head Loop, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 50 min

Boomsauce–Deer Head Loop, 4 sights is a 2-mile loop in Mount Penn Preserve near College Heights, PA. It climbs 343 ft. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi758 – 988 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36136, -75.89030
Nearest town College Heights, PA

Directions

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Boomsauce–Deer Head Loop, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 50 min

Elevation 759–986 ft

Loop · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.36136, -75.89030

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto TNT, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Boomsauce, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Gravity Trail, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Deer Head, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading S.
  11. 50 ftSharp right onto Powerline, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto Gravity Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  14. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wood Cutter, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Be the Trail, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Wood Cutter, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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