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Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail & Pennypack Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Gloria Dei Towers, PA. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 220 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pennypack Trail 40.12258, -75.07309
Nearest town Gloria Dei Towers, PA

Directions

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Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail & Pennypack Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 95–219 ft

Out & Back · Lorimer Park

Trailhead: Pennypack Trail · 40.12258, -75.07309

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: stop 623 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pennypack Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 1 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto South Park Loop Trail, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miReach Pennypack Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Park Loop Trail, heading N.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 1 miBear left, heading NW.
  23. 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 surface

85% gravel3% boardwalk1% paved1% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: stop 623 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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