State Game Lands Number 145
General Nicholas Biddle Road & Turnpike Trail via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
10 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 3 hr 34 min
General Nicholas Biddle Road & Turnpike Trail via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 145 near Timber Hills, PA. It climbs 474 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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General Nicholas Biddle Road & Turnpike Trail via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
10 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 498–743 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 145
Trailhead: 40.24318, -76.49208
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 11% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Boy Scout Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto General Nicholas Biddle Road, heading W.
- 2 miBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto General Nicholas Biddle Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Turnpike Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach General Nicholas Biddle Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto General Nicholas Biddle Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto General Nicholas Biddle Road, heading NW.
- 2 miTurn right onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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