Frank Gantz Trail & Pine Hill Trail via Bear Swamp Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View Summit, PA. It climbs 351 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,008 – 2,225 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pine Hill Trail 41.23768, -75.63510
Nearest town Pleasant View Summit, PA
Directions
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Frank Gantz Trail & Pine Hill Trail via Bear Swamp Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 2,008–2,226 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Pine Hill Trail · 41.23768, -75.63510
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Pine Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Bear Swamp Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Frank Gantz Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Pine Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bear Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Pine Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 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
92% dirt8% 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 7:06 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from Pine Hill Trail Trailhead
- Boundary Line Trail & Pine Hill Trail via Bear Swamp Trail 3 mi · ▲ 323 ft
- Pinchot Trail–Pine Hill Trail, 3 sights 12 mi · ▲ 736 ft
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