AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Graystones Preserve

Forest Lake Drive

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Forest Lake Drive is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Graystones Preserve near Mud Run, PA. It climbs 1,392 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi948 – 1,552 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.99194, -75.70597
Nearest town Mud Run, PA
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Forest Lake Drive

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 948–1,552 ft

Out & Back · Graystones Preserve

Trailhead: 40.99194, -75.70597

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear left onto Forest Lake Drive, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miReach Forest Lake Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.5 miArrive 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/forest-lake-drive-out-back-13-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~126 min). Leave by 5:01 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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