AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Crum Woods & Springfield Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Crum Woods & Springfield Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Villas at Golf View Estates, PA. The route reaches Crum Woods. It climbs 468 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 292 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.91071, -75.35852
Nearest town Villas at Golf View Estates, PA
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Crum Woods & Springfield Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 64–293 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.91071, -75.35852

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: Paper Mill Road stop 520 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Crum Woods.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Leiper-Smedley Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Springfield Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miReach Crum Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  25. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  27. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  32. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 150 ftBear right onto Leiper-Smedley Trail, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  37. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  38. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  39. 350 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/crum-woods-springfield-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

52% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Paper Mill Road stop 520 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Villas at Golf View Estates, Pennsylvania