AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Graystones Preserve

Forest Lake Drive

4 mi · ▲ 598 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Forest Lake Drive is a 4-mile out-and-back in Graystones Preserve near Mud Run, PA. It climbs 598 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi948 – 1,552 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.99060, -75.71067
Nearest town Mud Run, PA
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Forest Lake Drive

4 mi · ▲ 598 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 948–1,552 ft

Out & Back · Graystones Preserve

Trailhead: 40.99060, -75.71067

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Forest Lake Drive, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miReach Forest Lake Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 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-6-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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