State Game Lands Number 91
Butler Run Trail–Choke Creek Cabin ROW, 6 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 974 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Butler Run Trail–Choke Creek Cabin ROW, 6 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 91 near Pleasant View Summit, PA. It climbs 974 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Butler Run Trail–Choke Creek Cabin ROW, 6 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 974 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Elevation 1,649–2,133 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 91
Trailhead: Powder Magazine Trail · 41.21929, -75.63124
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Powder Magazine Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pine Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto White Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Boundary Line Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto White Line Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Pinchot Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Choke Creek Cabin ROW, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pinchot Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miReach Powder Magazine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pinchot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Cabin ROW, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Pinchot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto White Line Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear left onto Boundary Line Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto White Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Pine Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Powder Magazine Trail, heading NE.
- 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 4.2 mi in (~107 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Powder Magazine Trail Trailhead
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- Crossing Trail & Powder Magazine Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 363 ft
- Meadow Lake–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Boundary Line Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights 6 mi · ▲ 416 ft
- Behler Swamp Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights 7 mi · ▲ 500 ft
- County Line Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 4 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 474 ft
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