Raystown Lake Recreation Area
Buck Trail–Doe Trail, 3 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 785 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Buck Trail–Doe Trail, 3 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Raystown Lake Recreation Area near Snydertown, PA. It climbs 785 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,001 – 1,303 ft8.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Dark Hollow Trail 40.39065, -78.08750
Nearest town Snydertown, PA
Directions
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Buck Trail–Doe Trail, 3 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 785 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Elevation 1,001–1,303 ft
Out & Back · Raystown Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: Dark Hollow Trail · 40.39065, -78.08750
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stony Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Doe Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Fawn Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Osprey Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Sidewinder Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftReach Stony Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Osprey Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Fawn Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Doe Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Buck Trail, heading NE.
- 2.6 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 6:45 AMSunset 7:38 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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