Cover Tower Road & Old Mountain Road via Mid-State Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 73 near Homans Corner, PA. It climbs 1,295 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,782 – 2,195 ft · steepest grade: 22%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Mountain Road 40.23681, -78.29064
Nearest town Homans Corner, PA
Directions
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Cover Tower Road & Old Mountain Road via Mid-State Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 1,295 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,783–2,195 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 73
Trailhead: Old Mountain Road · 40.23681, -78.29064
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
- Start on Old Mountain Road, heading N.
- 4.2 miTurn right onto Cover Tower Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Old Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Mid-State Trail, heading SW.
- 4.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
10% dirt90% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:39 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:19 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:39 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:06 PM.
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