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
- Start on Arnold Lane, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Upper Sweet Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Sweet Run Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Arnold Lane, heading E.
- 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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