Mount Penn Preserve

Ferndale Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 49 min

Ferndale Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. It climbs 360 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi627 – 935 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.34893, -75.87507
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA

Directions

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Ferndale Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 49 min

Elevation 626–936 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.34893, -75.87507

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading W.
  7. 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading W.
  13. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  25. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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