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Pinchot Trail–Pine Hill Trail, 3 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 91 near Pleasant View Summit, PA. It climbs 736 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,837 – 2,225 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Hill Trail 41.23768, -75.63510
Nearest town Pleasant View Summit, PA

Directions

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Pinchot Trail–Pine Hill Trail, 3 sights

12 mi · ▲ 736 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 1,838–2,226 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 91

Trailhead: Pine Hill Trail · 41.23768, -75.63510

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

  1. Start on Pine Hill Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miSharp right onto Bear Swamp Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left onto White Line Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miBear left onto Boundary Line Trail, heading S.
  6. 350 ftBear right onto White Line Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1 miContinue straight onto Pinchot Trail, heading S.
  8. 2.1 miSharp left onto Thirsty Hill Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miReach Pine Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miSharp right onto Pinchot Trail, heading SW.
  11. 2.1 miContinue straight onto White Line Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1 miBear left onto Boundary Line Trail, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftBear right onto White Line Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.9 miTurn left onto Bear Swamp Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left onto Pine Hill Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.6 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

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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