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Lorimer Park

Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail & Pennypack Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail & Pennypack Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Fox Chase, PA. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 217 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail 40.07997, -75.08271
Nearest town Fox Chase, PA
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Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail & Pennypack Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 95–216 ft

Out & Back · Lorimer Park

Trailhead: Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail · 40.07997, -75.08271

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Fox Chase stop 452 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Park Loop Trail, heading NE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 1 miBear left, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miReach Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 1 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto South Park Loop Trail, heading W.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 200 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail, heading E.
  23. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fox-chase-lorimer-trail-pennypack-trail-out-back-8-km-00c2

Trail surface

82% gravel4% boardwalk1% paved13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Fox Chase stop 452 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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