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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Orange Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto The Drain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Alice In Wonderland Trail [Orange Loop Trail], heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto McConkey Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Duck Pond.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pony Ride Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto (Yellow Blaze), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Montour Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto (Yellow Blaze), heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Pony Ride Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto McConkey Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Alice In Wonderland Trail [Orange Loop Trail], heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Buffalo Ridge West Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Orange Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- The Cascades–Alice In Wonderland Trail [Orange Loop Trail], 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 183 ft
- Buffalo Ridge West Trail [Orange Loop Trail]–Buffalo Ridge West Trail [White], 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 313 ft
- Alice In Wonderland Trail [Orange Loop Trail]–Buffalo Ridge West Trail, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 395 ft
- The Cascades–Maple Springs Loop, 3 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 665 ft
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