ChesLen Preserve

Gray - Other Trails–Green Loop Loop, 4 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Gray - Other Trails–Green Loop Loop, 4 sights is a 2.9-mile loop in ChesLen Preserve near Glenhall, PA. It climbs 383 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 433 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gray - Other Trails 39.91540, -75.72055
Nearest town Glenhall, PA

Directions

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Gray - Other Trails–Green Loop Loop, 4 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 218–432 ft

Loop · ChesLen Preserve

Trailhead: Gray - Other Trails · 39.91540, -75.72055

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Gray - Other Trails, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Loop, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail/Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Green Loop, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Gray - Other Trails, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miBear left onto Yellow Loop, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Gray - Other Trails, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miBear right onto Yellow Loop, heading S.
  10. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead