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Antietam Lake Park

Ferndale Trail

2 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 48 min

Ferndale Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Antietam Lake Park near Stony Creek Mills, PA. It climbs 260 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi610 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.34804, -75.87411
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA
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Ferndale Trail

2 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 48 min

Elevation 612–742 ft

Out & Back · Antietam Lake Park

Trailhead: 40.34804, -75.87411

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading NW.
  10. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 100 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/ferndale-trail-out-back-3-km-a30a

Trail surface

9% dirt91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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