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Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Corduroy Trail–Headwaters Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 455 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Corduroy Trail–Headwaters Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest near Aristes, PA. It climbs 455 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,155 – 1,650 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Aristes Trail 40.83044, -76.33520
Nearest town Aristes, PA
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Corduroy Trail–Headwaters Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 455 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 1,154–1,649 ft

Out & Back · Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Trailhead: Aristes Trail · 40.83044, -76.33520

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Weiser Lane, heading E.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Ponds Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Headwaters Trail, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Field Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Corduroy Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Headwaters Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sphagnum Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Headwaters Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miReach Ponds Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Sphagnum Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Headwaters Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Corduroy Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading S.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Old Field Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Headwaters Trail, heading S.
  19. 450 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Ponds Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Weiser Lane, heading W.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/corduroy-trail-headwaters-trail-out-back-3-sights-8-km

Trail surface

2% paved98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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