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Doc Smith Trail via Rattling Creek Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Doc Smith Trail via Rattling Creek Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Big Run, PA. It climbs 608 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi997 – 1,260 ft12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dry Run Trail 40.53528, -76.72741
Nearest town Big Run, PA
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Doc Smith Trail via Rattling Creek Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 998–1,261 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Dry Run Trail · 40.53528, -76.72741

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

  1. Start on Dry Run Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading NE.
  3. 3.3 miSharp left onto Doc Smith Trail, heading N.
  4. 2.1 miReach Doc Smith Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.1 miSharp right onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading NW.
  6. 3.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 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/doc-smith-trail-out-back-20-km-c255

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:34 PM

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