State Game Lands Number 73

Culpepper Road–Mid-State Trail - Bear Spring Road, 3 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 1,912 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Culpepper Road–Mid-State Trail - Bear Spring Road, 3 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 73 near Texas Corner, PA. It climbs 1,912 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,109 – 1,959 ft · steepest grade: 20%14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12083, -78.39534
Nearest town Texas Corner, PA

Directions

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Culpepper Road–Mid-State Trail - Bear Spring Road, 3 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 1,912 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Elevation 1,110–1,959 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 73

Trailhead: 40.12083, -78.39534

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:39 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Culpepper Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left onto Mid-State Trail, heading NE.
  8. 3.9 miReach Culpepper Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miSharp right onto Mid-State Trail - Bear Spring Road, heading S.
  10. 3.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 miBear right onto Culpepper Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:39 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~174 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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