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.
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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
- Start on High Bridge Road, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Watres Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Hayes Run Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto North Line Trail, heading E.
- 2.6 miReach High Bridge Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miTurn right onto Hayes Run Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Watres Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto High Bridge Road, heading N.
- 1 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 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.
More from High Bridge Road Trailhead
- Watres Reservoir via High Bridge Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 263 ft
- Panther Hill & High Bridge Road via Watres Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,028 ft
- County Line Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 5 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft
- Bear Swamp Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 5 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 1,115 ft
- Boundary Line Trail–Frank Gantz Trail, 7 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 1,309 ft
- Frank Gantz Trail–Hayes Run Trail, 6 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 1,227 ft
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