Gene's Trail & Nature Preserve is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Jessup, PA. It climbs 770 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,365 – 2,064 ft6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.45347, -75.55637
Nearest town Jessup, PA
Directions
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Gene's Trail & Nature Preserve
5.4 mi · ▲ 770 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 1,364–2,064 ft
Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Trailhead: 41.45347, -75.55637
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Gene's Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Nature Preserve, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Bruised Ego, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nature Preserve, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach Gene's Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Bruised Ego, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nature Preserve, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Gene's Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
46% gravel37% dirt17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 11 min before dark.
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