Graystones Preserve

Drakes Creek Road & Drakes Express via Pine Hill Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,270 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Drakes Creek Road & Drakes Express via Pine Hill Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Graystones Preserve near Hickory Run, PA. It climbs 2,270 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi951 – 1,578 ft · steepest grade: 31%14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.02280, -75.71106
Nearest town Hickory Run, PA

Directions

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Drakes Creek Road & Drakes Express via Pine Hill Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 2,270 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Elevation 952–1,577 ft

Out & Back · Graystones Preserve

Trailhead: 41.02280, -75.71106

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 1 miSharp left, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto Drakes Express, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto Drakes Creek Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.5 miReach Drakes Express, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right onto Drakes Express, heading W.
  12. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  14. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 1.4 miBear right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading NW.
  18. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.1 mi in (~154 min). Leave by 4:32 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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