Tohickon Valley Park
Chief Running Deer Trail
3 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Chief Running Deer Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Tohickon Valley Park near Point Pleasant, PA. It climbs 265 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chief Running Deer Trail
3 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 87–363 ft
Out & Back · Tohickon Valley Park
Trailhead: Chief Running Deer Trail · 40.42304, -75.06716
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Chief Running Deer Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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