Mount Penn Preserve

Ferndale Trail

2 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 51 min

Ferndale Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. It climbs 362 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi650 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.35350, -75.87429
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA

Directions

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Ferndale Trail

2 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 51 min

Elevation 649–1,016 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.35350, -75.87429

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  6. 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  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 SE.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  34. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading S.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  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 E.
  42. 200 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

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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