Chapel Trail & Mt. Joy Trail Loop is a 3.9-mile loop in Valley Forge National Historical Park near Mill Grove, PA. It climbs 316 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi85 – 338 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.10439, -75.44667
Nearest town Mill Grove, PA
Directions
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Chapel Trail & Mt. Joy Trail Loop
3.9 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 86–338 ft
Loop · Valley Forge National Historical Park
Trailhead: 40.10439, -75.44667
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mt. Joy Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Chapel Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
56% dirt38% paved6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:09 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:57 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Joseph Plumb Martin Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 215 ft
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