Devil's Pool–Cresheim Creek Trail Loop, 4 sights is a 3.8-mile loop in Wissahickon Valley Park near Alden Park Manor, PA. The route reaches Devil's Pool. It climbs 630 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi46 – 223 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ten Box Trailhead 40.02800, -75.19326
Nearest town Alden Park Manor, PA
Directions
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Devil's Pool–Cresheim Creek Trail Loop, 4 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 45–222 ft
Loop · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: Ten Box Trailhead · 40.02800, -75.19326
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: stop 579 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Forbidden Drive, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto White Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Devil's Pool.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Cresheim Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
89% dirt8% gravel1% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: stop 579 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ten Box Trailhead Trailhead
- White Trail via Forbidden Drive 1.9 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.3 mi · ▲ 518 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.6 mi · ▲ 636 ft
- White Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 568 ft
- White Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 592 ft
- Orange Trail & White Trail via Forbidden Drive 3.7 mi · ▲ 605 ft
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