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Broadhead Road & Burnt Mills Trail is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Pine Flats, PA. It climbs 529 ft. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,237 – 1,401 ft11.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Burnt Mills Trail 41.23178, -75.07421
Nearest town Pine Flats, PA

Directions

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Broadhead Road & Burnt Mills Trail

11.2 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 4 hr

Elevation 1,236–1,402 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Burnt Mills Trail · 41.23178, -75.07421

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Burnt Mills Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.7 miBear left onto Thunder Swamp Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.8 miTurn left onto Broadhead Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Burnt Mills Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Broadhead Road, heading NW.
  6. 1.9 miReach Burnt Mills Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.9 miTurn right onto Burnt Mills Trail, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftBear left onto Broadhead Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Thunder Swamp Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.8 miBear right onto Burnt Mills Trail, heading W.
  11. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

7% dirt93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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