Mount Penn Preserve
Egelman Reservoir & Tower Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Egelman Reservoir & Tower Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. The route reaches Egelman Reservoir. It climbs 575 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi584 – 1,053 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tower Trail 40.35292, -75.89361
Nearest town Hampden Heights, PA
Directions
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Egelman Reservoir & Tower Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 585–1,054 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: Tower Trail · 40.35292, -75.89361
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tower Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cub Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftPass Egelman Reservoir.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Egelman Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cub Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tower Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
51% dirt1% paved48% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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