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Twin Lakes Park

Ferrier Family Life Trail & Little Crabtree Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Ferrier Family Life Trail & Little Crabtree Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Twin Lakes Park near Georges Station, PA. It climbs 472 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,037 – 1,273 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ferrier Family Life Trail 40.31824, -79.48726
Nearest town Georges Station, PA
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Ferrier Family Life Trail & Little Crabtree Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 1,038–1,274 ft

Out & Back · Twin Lakes Park

Trailhead: Ferrier Family Life Trail · 40.31824, -79.48726

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ferrier Family Life Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Streetpark Loop, heading N.
  3. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Little Crabtree Creek Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miReach Ferrier Family Life Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Streetpark Loop, heading NW.
  22. 400 ftContinue straight onto Ferrier Family Life Trail, heading N.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ferrier-family-life-trail-little-crabtree-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

45% gravel27% paved18% dirt1% boardwalk9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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