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Brandywine Meadows Preserve

East Branch Brandywine Trail (Alternate)

3 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 7 min

East Branch Brandywine Trail (Alternate) is a 3-mile out-and-back in Brandywine Meadows Preserve near Harmony Hill, PA. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi210 – 459 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.99003, -75.68057
Nearest town Harmony Hill, PA
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East Branch Brandywine Trail (Alternate)

3 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 209–460 ft

Out & Back · Brandywine Meadows Preserve

Trailhead: 39.99003, -75.68057

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto East Branch Brandywine Trail, heading W.
  8. 200 ftTurn right onto East Branch Brandywine Trail (Alternate), heading W.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left onto East Branch Brandywine Trail, heading W.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto East Brandywine Trail Parking, heading W.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto East Branch Brandywine Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto East Branch Brandywine Trail (Alternate), heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading E.
  15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/east-branch-brandywine-trail-alternate-east-branch-brandywine-trail-alternate-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

68% dirt32% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 8 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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