Ferrier Family Life Trail via Horse Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 469 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Ferrier Family Life Trail via Horse Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Twin Lakes Park near Sowash, PA. It climbs 469 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ferrier Family Life Trail via Horse Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 469 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,112–1,283 ft
Out & Back · Twin Lakes Park
Trailhead: 40.32260, -79.47853
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 16% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Streetpark Loop, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Ferrier Family Life Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Ferrier Family Life Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Streetpark Loop, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Horse Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:13 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Horse Trail & Little Crabtree Creek Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 214 ft
- Little Crabtree Creek Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 293 ft
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