Trough Creek Wild Area
Brook Trail & Horse Knob Fire Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Brook Trail & Horse Knob Fire Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Trough Creek Wild Area near Snydertown, PA. It climbs 305 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Brook Trail & Horse Knob Fire Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,757–1,952 ft
Out & Back · Trough Creek Wild Area
Trailhead: Brook Trail · 40.34500, -78.08328
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 71°F / low 55° · precip 2% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Horse Knob Fire Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 7:18 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:38 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:06 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Brook Trail Trailhead
- The Barrens–Brook Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Raystown Lake–Trough Creek Ice Mine, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,364 ft
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