Dan Carns Trail & Jeff Barr Trail
5 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Dan Carns Trail & Jeff Barr Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Jones Mills, PA. It climbs 509 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dan Carns Trail & Jeff Barr Trail
5 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 1,565–1,907 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Pike Run Trail · 40.07925, -79.32367
Weather Sep 5: Heavy rain, high 71°F / low 64° · precip 17% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pike Run Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Jeff Barr Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dan Carns Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Jeff Barr Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Jeff Barr Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Pike Run Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pike Run Trail Trailhead
- Illegal Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 380 ft
- Jeff Barr Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 259 ft
- Illegal Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 803 ft
- Jeff Barr Trail & Mountain Streams Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 487 ft
- Illegal Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 753 ft
- Aukerman Road & Jeff Barr Trail 11.5 mi · ▲ 1,595 ft
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