Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve
Cockscomb Trail–Money Rocks Overlook Trail, 4 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Cockscomb Trail–Money Rocks Overlook Trail, 4 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve near Fetterville, PA. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cockscomb Trail–Money Rocks Overlook Trail, 4 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 908–1,096 ft
Out & Back · Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.08889, -76.00442
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 66° · precip 10% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Money Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cockscomb Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Money Rocks Overlook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Orange Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cockscomb Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Money Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Money Rocks Trail–Orange Connector Trail Loop, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 519 ft
- Iron Horse Trail–Orange Connector Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 483 ft
- Money Rocks Overlook–Cockscomb Trail, 5 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 410 ft
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