Mount Penn Preserve
Bridal Path Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Bridal Path Loop is a 2.5-mile loop in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. It climbs 458 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bridal Path Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 506–952 ft
Loop · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.36067, -75.90125
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bridal Path, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Blue Dot Trail–Bridal Path, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 655 ft
- Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 639 ft
- Blue Dot Trail–TNT, 4 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 810 ft
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