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Hays Woods Park

Hays Woods Park Viewpoint

1.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 41 min

Hays Woods Park Viewpoint is a 1.5-mile out-and-back in Hays Woods Park near Mount Olive, PA. The route reaches Hays Woods Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 360 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 20%1.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.39908, -79.96359
Nearest town Mount Olive, PA
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Hays Woods Park Viewpoint

1.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 41 min

Elevation 1,011–1,174 ft

Out & Back · Hays Woods Park

Trailhead: 40.39908, -79.96359

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 350 ftSharp left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miReach Hays Woods Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hays-woods-park-viewpoint-out-back

Trail surface

40% dirt24% gravel36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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