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State Game Lands Number 91

Crossing Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 7 sights

14.4 mi · ▲ 1,076 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Crossing Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 7 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 91 near Rockdale, PA. It climbs 1,076 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,798 – 2,175 ft · steepest grade: 17%14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crossing Trail 41.23333, -75.60710
Nearest town Rockdale, PA
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Crossing Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 7 sights

14.4 mi · ▲ 1,076 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,798–2,176 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 91

Trailhead: Crossing Trail · 41.23333, -75.60710

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Crossing Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.4 miBear left onto Powder Magazine Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Pine Hill Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto White Line Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Pine Hill Road, heading N.
  7. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Hayes Run Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.3 miReach Crossing Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Painter Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Pine Hill Road, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto White Line Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading S.
  13. 1.1 miTurn right onto Pine Hill Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Powder Magazine Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miBear right onto Crossing Trail, heading SE.
  16. 1.4 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/crossing-trail-frank-gantz-trail-out-back-7-sights-23-km

Trail surface

77% dirt3% gravel20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~105 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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