Chapel Trail & Horse-Shoe Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Valley Forge National Historical Park near Betzwood, PA. It climbs 944 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 610 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.10144, -75.42774
Nearest town Betzwood, PA
Directions
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Chapel Trail & Horse-Shoe Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 944 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 70–611 ft
Out & Back · Valley Forge National Historical Park
Trailhead: 40.10144, -75.42774
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 469 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Chapel Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Owen Drive, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
- 1 miReach Chapel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Chapel Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
80% dirt10% paved2% gravel8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 469 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 90 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 118 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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