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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Chief’s Grove Trail–Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Chief’s Grove Trail–Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site near Kulptown, PA. It climbs 641 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 866 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shed Road Trailhead 40.21711, -75.77529
Nearest town Kulptown, PA
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Chief’s Grove Trail–Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 443–867 ft

Out & Back · Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Trailhead: Shed Road Trailhead · 40.21711, -75.77529

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.5 miSharp left onto Buzzards Trail, heading S.
  4. 350 ftTurn right onto Hopewell Trail, heading E.
  5. 1 miTurn right onto Chief’s Grove Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miReach Hopewell Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chief’s Grove Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hopewell Trail, heading N.
  12. 1 miTurn left onto Buzzards Trail, heading N.
  13. 350 ftSharp right onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftArrive 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/chief-s-grove-trail-creek-trail-out-back-3-sights-11-km

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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