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Duck Pond–Montour Trail, 6 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in South Park near Boyer, PA. The route reaches Duck Pond. It climbs 1,179 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,243 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.31086, -80.01471
Nearest town Boyer, PA

Directions

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Duck Pond–Montour Trail, 6 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 1,179 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 934–1,245 ft

Out & Back · South Park

Trailhead: 40.31086, -80.01471

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Orange Loop Trail, heading NE.
  4. 400 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto The Drain Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miBear left onto Alice In Wonderland Trail [Orange Loop Trail], heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right onto McConkey Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 200 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading E.
  13. 150 ftPass Duck Pond.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pony Ride Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading S.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading E.
  18. 500 ftTurn right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Old Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading E.
  20. 300 ftTurn right onto (Yellow Blaze), heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miBear right onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  28. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  29. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  30. 50 ftSharp left onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading S.
  31. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  32. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading SE.
  34. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  37. 450 ftTurn right onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading SW.
  38. 200 ftBear right onto Montour Trail, heading SW.
  39. 0.7 miReach Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  40. 0.7 miBear left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading E.
  41. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  42. 400 ftBear left onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  44. 0.1 miTurn left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading NE.
  45. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  46. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  48. 350 ftTurn right onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading E.
  49. 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
  50. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  51. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  52. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  53. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  54. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  55. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  56. 100 ftTurn right onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  57. 0.1 miBear left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading NE.
  58. 0.2 miTurn right onto (Yellow Blaze), heading NE.
  59. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
  60. 300 ftBear right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading NE.
  61. 50 ftTurn left onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
  62. 500 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading W.
  63. 350 ftSharp left onto Pony Ride Trail, heading E.
  64. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading N.
  65. 0.5 miBear left onto McConkey Trail, heading NE.
  66. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alice In Wonderland Trail [Orange Loop Trail], heading N.
  67. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  68. 0.4 miTurn left onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading NW.
  69. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  70. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  71. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  72. 50 ftSharp right onto Orange Loop Trail, heading NW.
  73. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  74. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  75. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

64% dirt31% gravel1% grass4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM — 4 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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