State Game Lands Number 43
French Creek Granite Company Quarry & Sankanac Quarry via Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below
2.6 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 56 min
French Creek Granite Company Quarry & Sankanac Quarry via Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 43 near Trythall, PA. The route passes Sankanac Quarry before reaching French Creek Granite Company Quarry at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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French Creek Granite Company Quarry & Sankanac Quarry via Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below
2.6 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 56 min
Elevation 417–556 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 43
Trailhead: 40.17320, -75.75189
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Sankanac Quarry.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach French Creek Granite Company Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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