Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest

Dry Run Trail–Grimm Trail, 9 sights

14.1 mi · ▲ 1,557 ft · 5 hr 29 min

Dry Run Trail–Grimm Trail, 9 sights is a 14.1-mile out-and-back in Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest near Elizabethville, PA. It climbs 1,557 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi909 – 1,683 ft14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Iron Mine Trail 40.53549, -76.78276
Nearest town Elizabethville, PA

Directions

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Dry Run Trail–Grimm Trail, 9 sights

14.1 mi · ▲ 1,557 ft · 5 hr 29 min

Elevation 910–1,682 ft

Out & Back · Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest

Trailhead: Iron Mine Trail · 40.53549, -76.78276

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Iron Mine Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.7 miBear left onto Wolf Pond Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Iron Mine Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right onto Schreffler Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left onto Matter Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.1 miSharp left onto Preserve Line Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Schreffler Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Dry Run Trail, heading S.
  9. 1 miReach Wolf Pond Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miBear left onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right onto Dry Run Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miSharp left onto Schreffler Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Preserve Line Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.9 miBear left onto Hawks Nest Run, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Preserve Line Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shale Run Trail, heading S.
  17. 1 miBear left onto Grimm Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.7 miSharp right onto Lukes Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.9 miTurn right onto Wolf Pond Trail, heading W.
  20. 1.3 miTurn left onto Rocks Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right onto Deep Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  22. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Iron Mine Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

50% dirt8% gravel42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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