ChesLen Preserve
Gray - Other Trails–Green Loop, 6 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Gray - Other Trails–Green Loop, 6 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in ChesLen Preserve near Embreeville, PA. It climbs 369 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Gray - Other Trails–Green Loop, 6 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 209–469 ft
Out & Back · ChesLen Preserve
Trailhead: Purple Loop · 39.93666, -75.72972
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Purple Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail/Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Gray - Other Trails, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail/Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green Loop, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Purple Loop, heading N.
- 50 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 1.8 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Purple Loop Trailhead
- Gray - Other Trails–Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Gray - Other Trails–Lost Trail Road, 6 sights 7 mi · ▲ 689 ft
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