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Gorgas Cave–White Trail, 3 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Tulpohocken, PA. The route reaches Gorgas Cave. It climbs 560 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi52 – 266 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.03317, -75.19917
Nearest town Tulpohocken, PA

Directions

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Gorgas Cave–White Trail, 3 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 53–266 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: 40.03317, -75.19917

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 350 ftPass Gorgas Cave.
  11. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  23. 0.5 miBear right onto Forbidden Drive, heading S.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading E.
  27. 100 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  28. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

78% dirt21% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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