Bruce Lake Natural Area
Brown Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Brown Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Bruce Lake Natural Area near Promised Land, PA. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Brown Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 1,758–1,823 ft
Out & Back · Bruce Lake Natural Area
Trailhead: Bruce Lake Trail · 41.34158, -75.20711
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bruce Lake Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Brown Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach Brown Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 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 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 2 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bruce Lake Trail Trailhead
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10) Loop, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- (overgrown, 2016-8-10)–Cross Cut Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Brown Trail & Rock Oak Ridge Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- (overgrown, 2016-8-10)–Cross Cut Trail, 4 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Bruce Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 3 lakes 6.9 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Lower Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10), 8 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 565 ft
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