Headache Hill–Glendale Lake, 4 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Prince Gallitzin State Park near Longs Crossroad, PA. The route passes Glendale Lake and Headache Hill. It climbs 344 ft. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,427 – 1,624 ft7.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Footprint Trail 40.67343, -78.57323
Nearest town Longs Crossroad, PA
Directions
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Headache Hill–Glendale Lake, 4 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 344 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 1,428–1,625 ft
Out & Back · Prince Gallitzin State Park
Trailhead: Footprint Trail · 40.67343, -78.57323
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Footprint Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Deer/Forest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Point Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Glendale Lake.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Headache Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Campsite Trail, heading N.
- 2 miTurn right onto Point Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Deer/Forest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Forest Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Footprint Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
55% dirt45% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Footprint Trail Trailhead
- Footprint Trail & Poems Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- Abandoned Township Road–Deer Trail, 3 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 629 ft
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