Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Flying Hills Pond & Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath

4.9 mi · ▲ 662 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Flying Hills Pond & Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Freemanville, PA. The route reaches Flying Hills Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 662 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 676 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sawmill Parking Lot Access 40.28120, -75.94832
Nearest town Freemanville, PA

Directions

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Flying Hills Pond & Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath

4.9 mi · ▲ 662 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 294–677 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Sawmill Parking Lot Access · 40.28120, -75.94832

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sawmill Parking Lot Access, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miReach Flying Hills Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hope Way, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading N.
  23. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  29. 300 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Road, heading W.
  30. 0.4 miTurn right onto Sawmill Parking Lot Access, heading W.
  31. 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 surface

16% paved84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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