Butler Run Trail & Red Pine Plantation Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 234 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Butler Run Trail & Red Pine Plantation Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Thornhurst, PA. It is mostly level, with 234 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,650 – 1,814 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Pine Plantation Trail 41.17842, -75.60531
Nearest town Thornhurst, PA

Directions

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Butler Run Trail & Red Pine Plantation Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 234 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 1,649–1,813 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Red Pine Plantation Trail · 41.17842, -75.60531

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Red Pine Plantation Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.1 miReach Red Pine Plantation Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Red Pine Plantation Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 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

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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