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Shades Creek Parcel

Buttermilk Falls

2 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 50 min

Buttermilk Falls is a 2-mile out-and-back in Shades Creek Parcel near Bear Creek Village, PA. The route reaches Buttermilk Falls at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 320 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,522 – 1,745 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.16030, -75.73428
Nearest town Bear Creek Village, PA
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Buttermilk Falls

2 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 50 min

Elevation 1,523–1,746 ft

Out & Back · Shades Creek Parcel

Trailhead: 41.16030, -75.73428

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buttermilk-falls-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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