Promised Land State Park
Cross Cut Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Bear Wallow Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Cross Cut Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Bear Wallow Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Promised Land State Park near Promised Land, PA. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cross Cut Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Bear Wallow Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,720–1,816 ft
Out & Back · Promised Land State Park
Trailhead: Tree Tower Trail · 41.32008, -75.20950
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tree Tower Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bear Wallow Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Cross Cut Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Tree Tower Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bear Wallow Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Tree Tower Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Tree Tower Trail Trailhead
- Rock Oak Ridge Trail & Tree Tower Trail via Boundary Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Big Dam Ridge Trail–Lower Lake Trail, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Bear Wallow Trail & Tree Tower Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10), 4 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- (overgrown, 2016-8-10)–Brown Trail Loop, 7 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 440 ft
- Bruce Lake–Rock Oak Ridge Trail, 4 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 387 ft
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