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Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Creek Road Trail & Mitchell Trail via Pennypack Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Creek Road Trail & Mitchell Trail via Pennypack Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust near Southampton, PA. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 305 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Newtown Rail Trail 40.17125, -75.04504
Nearest town Southampton, PA
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Creek Road Trail & Mitchell Trail via Pennypack Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 161–306 ft

Out & Back · Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Trailhead: Newtown Rail Trail · 40.17125, -75.04504

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Newtown Rail Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Paper Mill Woods Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Creek Road Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Webb Walk, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Mitchell Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wood's Edge Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miReach Creek Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Mitchell Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Creek Road Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Webb Walk, heading N.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Paper Mill Woods Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading NE.
  16. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/creek-road-trail-mitchell-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

82% gravel5% dirt3% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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