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Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Creek Road Trail via Pennypack Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Creek Road Trail via Pennypack Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust near Southampton, PA. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi154 – 240 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Newtown Rail Trail 40.17064, -75.04682
Nearest town Southampton, PA
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Creek Road Trail via Pennypack Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 156–239 ft

Out & Back · Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Trailhead: Newtown Rail Trail · 40.17064, -75.04682

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

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

  1. Start on Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  2. 2 miTurn right onto Paper Mill Woods Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Creek Road Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Webb Walk, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mitchell Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftReach Creek Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Mitchell Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Webb Walk, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Paper Mill Woods Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading NE.
  15. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/creek-road-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

95% gravel4% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

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

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