Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Flying Hills Pond & Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath

4.9 mi · ▲ 639 ft · 1 hr 57 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, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 639 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 676 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mansion Road 40.27893, -75.94855
Nearest town Freemanville, PA

Directions

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Flying Hills Pond & Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath

4.9 mi · ▲ 639 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 294–677 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Mansion Road · 40.27893, -75.94855

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Watershed Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawmill Dam, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 250 ftReach Flying Hills Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hope Way, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading N.
  24. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  30. 350 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Road, heading W.
  31. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sawmill Dam, heading W.
  32. 100 ftTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  34. 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

11% paved89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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