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Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area

Great Allegheny Passage

14.6 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 5 hr 3 min

Great Allegheny Passage is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area near Shaner, PA. It climbs 362 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi735 – 1,132 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.28856, -79.77775
Nearest town Shaner, PA
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Great Allegheny Passage

14.6 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 5 hr 3 min

Elevation 734–1,131 ft

Out & Back · Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area

Trailhead: 40.28856, -79.77775

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Great Allegheny Passage, heading NW.
  3. 3.7 miContinue straight onto Sandy Lane, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Allegheny Passage, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sandy Lane, heading N.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Great Allegheny Passage, heading NW.
  7. 3 miBear left onto Ruins Trail, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Witch Hazel Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ruins Trail, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Great Allegheny Passage, heading NE.
  12. 3 miContinue straight onto Sandy Lane, heading E.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Great Allegheny Passage, heading SE.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto Sandy Lane, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Allegheny Passage, heading SE.
  16. 3.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/great-allegheny-passage-out-back-24-km-699c

Trail surface

92% gravel7% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.2 mi in (~180 min). Leave by 4:27 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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