Mount Penn Preserve

Ferndale Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Ferndale Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. It climbs 439 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi630 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.35128, -75.87329
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA

Directions

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Ferndale Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 631–1,016 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.35128, -75.87329

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue 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 S.
  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 SW.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  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 E.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  34. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading S.
  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 NE.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  41. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading E.
  42. 0.2 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

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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