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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Head, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Dane's Run, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
12% dirt88% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
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