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Clark Run Trail–Rager Mountain Trail, 3 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Rager Mountain Division near Cramer, PA. It climbs 1,372 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,263 – 2,539 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clark Run Trail 40.41100, -78.98548
Nearest town Cramer, PA

Directions

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Clark Run Trail–Rager Mountain Trail, 3 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 1,372 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 1,263–2,540 ft

Out & Back · Rager Mountain Division

Trailhead: Clark Run Trail · 40.41100, -78.98548

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Clark Run Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Rager Mountain Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.2 miTurn right onto Snowmobile Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miReach Clark Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right onto Rager Mountain Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Snowmobile Trail, heading N.
  7. 200 ftTurn left onto Rager Mountain Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.8 miTurn right onto Clark Run Trail, heading SW.
  9. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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