Trough Creek Wild Area
Brook Trail & Horse Knob Fire Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 807 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Brook Trail & Horse Knob Fire Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Trough Creek Wild Area near Paradise Furnace, PA. It climbs 807 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Brook Trail & Horse Knob Fire Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 807 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 1,389–1,973 ft
Out & Back · Trough Creek Wild Area
Trailhead: Horse Knob Fire Trail · 40.33520, -78.11670
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Knob Fire Trail, heading N.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Brook Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach Horse Knob Fire Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Horse Knob Fire Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 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 1.9 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Horse Knob Fire Trail Trailhead
- The Barrens–Horse Knob Fire Trail, 3 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 946 ft
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