Ecology Grove & Shooting Sports Access Road is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Tinicum, PA. The route reaches Ecology Grove. It is mostly level, with 209 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi203 – 387 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wakoda Road 40.44023, -75.08435
Nearest town Tinicum, PA
Directions
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Ecology Grove & Shooting Sports Access Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 209 ft · 44 min
Elevation 204–386 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wakoda Road · 40.44023, -75.08435
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Wakoda Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Ecology Grove.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Shooting Sports Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Shooting Sports Access Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto High Rocks Emergency Access, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Ecology Grove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shooting Sports Access Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Shooting Sports Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wakoda Road, heading E.
- 350 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
60% dirt19% gravel21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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