Mount Wismer Nature Preserve
Gravel Family Preserve–Mount Wismer Nature Preserve, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Gravel Family Preserve–Mount Wismer Nature Preserve, 5 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Mount Wismer Nature Preserve near Lake in the Clouds, PA. The route passes Mount Wismer Nature Preserve and Gravel Family Preserve. It climbs 548 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gravel Family Preserve–Mount Wismer Nature Preserve, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 1,468–1,930 ft
Out & Back · Mount Wismer Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Blue Hiking Trail · 41.24181, -75.26354
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Blue Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Mount Wismer Nature Preserve.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Red Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Gravel Family Preserve.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Gravel Family Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
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