Hayes Run Trail–High Bridge Road, 5 sights

15 mi · ▲ 1,284 ft · 5 hr 39 min

Hayes Run Trail–High Bridge Road, 5 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back near Rockdale, PA. It climbs 1,284 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,358 – 2,149 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Bridge Road 41.29709, -75.63198
Nearest town Rockdale, PA

Directions

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Hayes Run Trail–High Bridge Road, 5 sights

15 mi · ▲ 1,284 ft · 5 hr 39 min

Elevation 1,358–2,150 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: High Bridge Road · 41.29709, -75.63198

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on High Bridge Road, heading SE.
  2. 1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Watres Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.7 miTurn left onto Hayes Run Trail, heading E.
  6. 1.3 miTurn left onto North Line Trail, heading E.
  7. 2.6 miReach High Bridge Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2.6 miTurn right onto Hayes Run Trail, heading W.
  9. 1.3 miTurn right onto Watres Trail, heading W.
  10. 2.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 100 ftBear left onto High Bridge Road, heading N.
  12. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~136 min). Leave by 4:51 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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