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Butterfly Alley Trail–Lower Sweet Run Trail, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Sweet Run State Park near Silver Grove, WV. It climbs 515 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi499 – 912 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Arnold Lane 39.28631, -77.73180
Nearest town Silver Grove, WV

Directions

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Butterfly Alley Trail–Lower Sweet Run Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 499–913 ft

Out & Back · Sweet Run State Park

Trailhead: Arnold Lane · 39.28631, -77.73180

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

  1. Start on Arnold Lane, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miReach Upper Sweet Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Arnold Lane, heading E.
  10. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

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