Green Run Road & Mink Farm Road via Balish Spur
7.9 mi · ▲ 924 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Green Run Road & Mink Farm Road via Balish Spur is a 7.9-mile out-and-back near Tooley Corners, PA. It climbs 924 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,345 – 1,821 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.33743, -75.58788
Nearest town Tooley Corners, PA
Directions
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Green Run Road & Mink Farm Road via Balish Spur
7.9 mi · ▲ 924 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 1,347–1,822 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.33743, -75.58788
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto 8th, heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Mink Farm Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Balish Spur, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Mink Farm Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
5% dirt1% gravel94% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Green Run Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 291 ft
- Covey Swamp & Mink Farm Road 15.5 mi · ▲ 1,599 ft
- Stark Reservoir & Mink Farm Road 15.9 mi · ▲ 1,580 ft
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