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Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!–Topton Home Nature Trail, 3 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!–Topton Home Nature Trail, 3 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Topton, PA. It climbs 364 ft. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi568 – 932 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Topton Home Nature Trail 40.49459, -75.69990
Nearest town Topton, PA
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Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!–Topton Home Nature Trail, 3 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 567–933 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Topton Home Nature Trail · 40.49459, -75.69990

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

  1. Start on Topton Home Nature Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miSharp right onto Topton Watershed Path, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Topton Watershed, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Topton Watershed, heading SE.
  6. 350 ftReach Topton Home Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 400 ftTurn left onto Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Topton Watershed, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right onto Topton Watershed Path, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Topton Home Nature Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.6 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/deer-trail-only-experienced-navigators-out-back

Trail surface

58% dirt42% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:10 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:30 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:58 PM.

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