Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators! via Topton Watershed
1.9 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 46 min
Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators! via Topton Watershed is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Topton, PA. It climbs 283 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi738 – 938 ft2.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.48725, -75.70108
Nearest town Topton, PA
Directions
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Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators! via Topton Watershed
1.9 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 46 min
Elevation 737–938 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.48725, -75.70108
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Topton Watershed, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Topton Watershed Path, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Topton Watershed, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach Deer Trail - Only Experienced Navigators!, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Topton Watershed, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Topton Watershed Path, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Topton Watershed, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
71% gravel14% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Topton Watershed 1.9 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Topton Home Nature Trail via Topton Watershed Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 273 ft
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