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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Drakes Express, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Drakes Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Drakes Express, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Drakes Express, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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.
More from this trailhead
- Pine Hill Trail 11.2 mi · ▲ 1,571 ft
- Blue Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Sand Spring Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 535 ft
- Skyline Trail via Sand Spring Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 619 ft
- Hickory Run Trail via Sand Spring Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 174 ft
- Gould Trail via Sand Spring Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 562 ft
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