State Game Lands Number 145
Boy Scout Road & General Nicholas Biddle Road via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
9 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Boy Scout Road & General Nicholas Biddle Road via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 145 near Timber Hills, PA. It climbs 421 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Boy Scout Road & General Nicholas Biddle Road via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
9 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Elevation 498–695 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 145
Trailhead: 40.24061, -76.48953
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 SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Hicks Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto General Nicholas Biddle Road, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach General Nicholas Biddle Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto General Nicholas Biddle Road, heading W.
- 1.7 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive 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 4.2 mi in (~109 min). Leave by 5:25 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- General Nicholas Biddle Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Dinosaur Rock–Bridle Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- General Nicholas Biddle Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Frog Pond–General Nicholas Biddle Road, 6 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 443 ft
- General Nicholas Biddle Road & Horse-Shoe Trail 6 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Farm Trail & Swamp Road via General Nicholas Biddle Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 333 ft
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