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French Creek State Park

Boone Trail–Colliers Trail, 4 sights

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,439 ft · 3 hr 59 min

Boone Trail–Colliers Trail, 4 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Pine Swamp, PA. It climbs 1,439 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 876 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.20319, -75.77367
Nearest town Pine Swamp, PA
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Boone Trail–Colliers Trail, 4 sights

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,439 ft · 3 hr 59 min

Elevation 473–875 ft

Out & Back · French Creek State Park

Trailhead: 40.20319, -75.77367

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading N.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
  4. 250 ftBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Colliers Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miSharp left onto Lenape Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Boone Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Six Penny Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miSharp left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
  14. 1.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left onto Dazed and Confused, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tangerine, heading NW.
  20. 100 ftReach Colliers Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftSharp left onto Dazed and Confused, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SW.
  26. 1.8 miSharp right onto Six Penny Trail, heading W.
  27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SE.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Boone Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  30. 0.6 miSharp right onto Colliers Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.6 miBear left onto Lenape Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 300 ftTurn left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading S.
  34. 50 ftBear right onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading S.
  35. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading W.
  36. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  37. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/boone-trail-colliers-trail-out-back-4-sights-16-km

Trail surface

77% dirt13% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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