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Salt Springs State Park

Border Trail (blue)–Fall Brook Trail (red) Loop, 8 sights

4 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Border Trail (blue)–Fall Brook Trail (red) Loop, 8 sights is a 4-mile loop in Salt Springs State Park near Franklin Forks, PA. It climbs 682 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,171 – 1,536 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gorge Trail (blue) 41.91166, -75.86551
Nearest town Franklin Forks, PA
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Border Trail (blue)–Fall Brook Trail (red) Loop, 8 sights

4 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 1,170–1,534 ft

Loop · Salt Springs State Park

Trailhead: Gorge Trail (blue) · 41.91166, -75.86551

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Gorge Trail (blue), heading S.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Hemlock Trail (white), heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right onto Overlook Trail (Blue), heading SE.
  4. 100 ftTurn left onto Upland Trail (red), heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Friends Trail (white), heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miBear right onto Bunny Trail (orange), heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Fall Brook Trail (red), heading W.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto Wetland Trail (blue), heading N.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Border Trail (blue), heading SW.
  10. 500 ftBear right onto Spruce Trail (White), heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftBear right onto Meadow Trail (yellow), heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miSharp left onto Silver Creek Trail (red), heading NW.
  15. 1 miSharp right onto Gorge Trail Spur (blue), heading E.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Gorge Trail (blue), heading E.
  17. 50 ftThe 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/border-trail-blue-loop

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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