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Sewickley Valley Conservation Area

Gas Well Path–High Maintenance Trail, 6 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,501 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Gas Well Path–High Maintenance Trail, 6 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Sewickley Valley Conservation Area near Edgeworth, PA. It climbs 1,501 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi742 – 1,207 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Maintenance Trail 40.56108, -80.19010
Nearest town Edgeworth, PA
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Gas Well Path–High Maintenance Trail, 6 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,501 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 742–1,207 ft

Out & Back · Sewickley Valley Conservation Area

Trailhead: Lower Maintenance Trail · 40.56108, -80.19010

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Transit-accessible: Beaver Road opp Church Lane stop 782 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lower Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Roller Coaster Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto High Maintenance Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto High Matinenance Trail, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftTurn right onto No Name Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Craig's Cart Road Trail, heading E.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Pass West, heading E.
  9. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Sewickley Heights - Pipeline Pass, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Gravel Path, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Tree Trail, heading E.
  12. 300 ftTurn left onto Habitat Maze, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pine Tree Trail, heading NE.
  14. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 100 ftTurn left onto Gas Well Path, heading E.
  17. 150 ftReach Lower Maintenance Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Pine Tree Trail, heading E.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Habitat Maze, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Tree Trail, heading E.
  24. 350 ftTurn left onto Gravel Path, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Sewickley Heights - Pipeline Pass, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Swamp Hill, heading W.
  27. 1.3 miTurn right onto Craig's Cart Road Trail, heading SW.
  28. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left onto High Matinenance Trail, heading W.
  31. 300 ftBear left, heading W.
  32. 100 ftContinue straight onto High Maintenance Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.4 miTurn left onto Roller Coaster Trail, heading W.
  34. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lower Maintenance Trail, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gas-well-path-high-maintenance-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

87% dirt6% gravel2% grass5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Beaver Road opp Church Lane stop 782 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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