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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto TNT, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Boomsauce, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Gravity Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Deer Head, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Powerline, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Gravity Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Wood Cutter, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Be the Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wood Cutter, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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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