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French Creek State Park

Brush–Chief’s Grove Trail, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 613 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Brush–Chief’s Grove Trail, 6 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Trythall, PA. The route reaches Brush at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 613 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 955 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Creek Trail 40.18906, -75.75639
Nearest town Trythall, PA
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Brush–Chief’s Grove Trail, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 613 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Elevation 443–954 ft

Out & Back · French Creek State Park

Trailhead: Creek Trail · 40.18906, -75.75639

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chief’s Grove Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hopewell Trail, heading E.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Buzzards Trail, heading N.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Buzzards Trail, heading W.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading W.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading W.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading W.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Colliers Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left onto Lenape Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right onto Six Penny Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftReach Brush, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.9 miSharp right onto Colliers Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miBear left onto Lenape Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SE.
  25. 500 ftContinue straight onto Mark Bird Lane, heading E.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Buzzards Trail, heading E.
  28. 300 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  29. 250 ftContinue straight onto Buzzards Trail, heading E.
  30. 400 ftTurn right onto Hopewell Trail, heading E.
  31. 1 miTurn right onto Chief’s Grove Trail, heading SE.
  32. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  33. 0.2 miTurn left onto Creek Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brush-chief-s-grove-trail-out-back-5-sights-15-km-cece

Trail surface

59% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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