Mount Penn Preserve
Egelman Reservoir & Ridge Trail
2 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 49 min
Egelman Reservoir & Ridge Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near East Reading, PA. The route reaches Egelman Reservoir. It climbs 285 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi709 – 896 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33485, -75.90286
Nearest town East Reading, PA
Directions
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Egelman Reservoir & Ridge Trail
2 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 49 min
Elevation 708–897 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.33485, -75.90286
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto A-Line, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto New Wilderness Adventure, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Egelman Reservoir.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
29% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
More from this trailhead
- Blue Trail–Ridge Trail, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 303 ft
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