Burnt Mills Trail & Spruce Run Trail via Thunder Swamp Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 4 hr 29 min
Burnt Mills Trail & Spruce Run Trail via Thunder Swamp Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back near Pine Flats, PA. It climbs 563 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Burnt Mills Trail & Spruce Run Trail via Thunder Swamp Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 4 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,195–1,399 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Spruce Run Trail · 41.21368, -75.08957
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start on Spruce Run Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Thunder Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 3.4 miTurn left onto Burnt Mills Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miReach Spruce Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Thunder Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 3.4 miTurn right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from Spruce Run Trail Trailhead
- Spruce Run Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Broadhead Road–Burnt Mills Trail, 3 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 446 ft
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