Goat Hill & Lower Loop via Perkiomen Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Goat Hill & Lower Loop via Perkiomen Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Schwenksville, PA. It climbs 484 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Goat Hill & Lower Loop via Perkiomen Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 224–505 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Perkioment Trail · 40.26374, -75.45978
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Perkiomen Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Backside Downhill, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Goat Hill, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Copperhead Canyon, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lower Loop, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Goat Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Copperhead Canyon, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Goat Hill, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Backside Downhill, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Perkiomen Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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