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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftPass Gorgas Cave.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Forbidden Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Yellow Trail Loop via Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- Mom Rinker's Rock–White Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 476 ft
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