Bruce Lake–Rock Oak Ridge Trail, 4 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Bruce Lake Natural Area near Promised Land, PA. The route reaches Bruce Lake at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 387 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,667 – 1,870 ft10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tree Tower Trail 41.32008, -75.20950
Nearest town Promised Land, PA
Directions
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Bruce Lake–Rock Oak Ridge Trail, 4 sights
10.1 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 1,667–1,870 ft
Out & Back · Bruce Lake Natural Area
Trailhead: Tree Tower Trail · 41.32008, -75.20950
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tree Tower Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Boundary Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Rock Oak Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Bruce Lake Trali, overgrown, 2016-8-10, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right onto West Branch Bruce Lake Trai, overgrown, 2016-8-10, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Bruce Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto West Branch Bruce Lake Trai, overgrown, 2016-8-10, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left onto Bruce Lake Trali, overgrown, 2016-8-10, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Rock Oak Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Boundary Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Tree Tower Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 1 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Tree Tower Trail Trailhead
- Rock Oak Ridge Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Boundary Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Cross Cut Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Bear Wallow Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Big Dam Ridge Trail–Lower Lake Trail, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Bear Wallow Trail & Tree Tower Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10), 4 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- (overgrown, 2016-8-10)–Brown Trail Loop, 7 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 440 ft
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