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Brightside Farm

Brightside Farm Trail & Horse-Shoe Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 226 ft · 57 min

Brightside Farm Trail & Horse-Shoe Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Brightside Farm near Sidley, PA. It is mostly level, with 226 ft of elevation gain. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 591 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brightside Farm Trail 40.07372, -75.57547
Nearest town Sidley, PA
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Brightside Farm Trail & Horse-Shoe Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 226 ft · 57 min

Elevation 474–590 ft

Out & Back · Brightside Farm

Trailhead: Brightside Farm Trail · 40.07372, -75.57547

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Brightside Farm Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miReach Brightside Farm Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto Brightside Farm Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miArrive 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/brightside-farm-trail-horse-shoe-trail-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

16% paved84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:09 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:57 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Sidley, Pennsylvania