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Birdsboro Waters

Dazed and Confused & Horse-Shoe Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Dazed and Confused & Horse-Shoe Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Birdsboro Waters near Kulptown, PA. It climbs 892 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 817 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Boone Trail 40.21653, -75.79877
Nearest town Kulptown, PA
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Dazed and Confused & Horse-Shoe Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 892 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 576–816 ft

Out & Back · Birdsboro Waters

Trailhead: Boone Trail · 40.21653, -75.79877

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Boone Trail, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Six Penny Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto Dazed and Confused, heading N.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miReach Horse-Shoe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SE.
  16. 1.8 miSharp right onto Six Penny Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Boone Trail, heading S.
  19. 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/dazed-and-confused-horse-shoe-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

88% dirt1% gravel11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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