State Game Lands Number 43

French Creek Granite Company Quarry & Sankanac Quarry via Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below

3 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 5 min

French Creek Granite Company Quarry & Sankanac Quarry via Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below is a 3-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, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi394 – 577 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.17284, -75.75598
Nearest town Trythall, PA

Directions

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French Creek Granite Company Quarry & Sankanac Quarry via Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below

3 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 395–576 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 43

Trailhead: 40.17284, -75.75598

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miPass Sankanac Quarry.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 500 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left onto Mushroom Rock Trail - From Below, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miReach French Creek Granite Company Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

1% dirt99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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