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Crossbow Trail & Wild Mouse

2.9 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Crossbow Trail & Wild Mouse is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Wynnefield Heights, PA. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 246 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chamounix Path 39.99895, -75.20157
Nearest town Wynnefield Heights, PA
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Crossbow Trail & Wild Mouse

2.9 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 158–246 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Chamounix Path · 39.99895, -75.20157

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Wild Mouse, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Mouse, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Trolley Platform Spur, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Trolley Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Wild Mouse, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Trolley Trail, heading W.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Wild Mouse, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mouse Trap, heading W.
  15. 150 ftBear right onto Chamounix Path, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Trolley Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossbow Connector, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossbow Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miBear right onto Crossbow Trail Pumptrack Connector, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftReach Wild Mouse, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 100 ftBear left onto Crossbow Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Crossbow Connector, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Chamounix Path, heading NE.
  25. 100 ftBear left onto Mouse Trap, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Trolley Trail, heading E.
  27. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wild Mouse, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading NE.
  30. 250 ftBear right onto Wild Mouse, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Trolley Trail, heading NE.
  32. 0.1 miBear right onto Old Trolley Platform Spur, heading N.
  33. 50 ftTurn right onto Trolley Trail, heading NE.
  34. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wild Mouse, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Mouse, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Wild Mouse to Water Fountain/Tennis Courts Connector, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftArrive 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/crossbow-trail-wild-mouse-out-back-3-sights-5-km

Trail surface

89% dirt1% gravel1% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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