ChesLen Preserve
Gray - Other Trails–Lost Trail Road, 6 sights
6 mi · ▲ 527 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Gray - Other Trails–Lost Trail Road, 6 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in ChesLen Preserve near Embreeville, PA. It climbs 527 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Gray - Other Trails–Lost Trail Road, 6 sights
6 mi · ▲ 527 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 207–469 ft
Out & Back · ChesLen Preserve
Trailhead: 39.93920, -75.73244
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Purple Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail/Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Lost Trail Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Yellow Loop, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Gray - Other Trails, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Purple Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Concannon Bridge, heading NW.
- 0.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Green Loop–Peter O. Hausmann Trail (Red), 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 237 ft
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