Mount Penn Preserve

Ferndale Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Ferndale Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. It climbs 500 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi627 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.35036, -75.87469
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA

Directions

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Ferndale Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 626–1,016 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.35036, -75.87469

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading W.
  6. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 450 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Head, heading E.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  34. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading S.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  38. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading E.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  41. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NE.
  42. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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