Catfish Island–Baptist Road, 7 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back in Valley Forge National Historical Park near Chesterbrook, PA. The route reaches Catfish Island. It climbs 591 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Catfish Island–Baptist Road, 7 sights
13 mi · ▲ 591 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 58–272 ft
Out & Back · Valley Forge National Historical Park
Trailhead: Yellow Spring Trail · 40.08341, -75.45707
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Spring Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Library Lane, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Knox Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto Knox Tindle Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mt. Joy Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Baptist Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sullivan's Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Schuylkill River West Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sullivan's Bridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Catfish Island.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fatlands Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Commissary Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto River Trail Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Fatlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Catfish Island, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto River Trail Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Commissary Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Fatlands Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Sullivan's Bridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Schuylkill River West Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sullivan's Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Baptist Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Joy Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Knox Tindle Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Knox Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Library Lane, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Spring Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.8 mi in (~151 min). Leave by 4:37 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Valley Creek Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 688 ft
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