High Maintenance Trail–Lower Maintenance Trail, 3 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 57 min

High Maintenance Trail–Lower Maintenance Trail, 3 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Edgeworth, PA. It climbs 485 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi742 – 1,142 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Maintenance Trail 40.56108, -80.19010
Nearest town Edgeworth, PA

Directions

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High Maintenance Trail–Lower Maintenance Trail, 3 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 57 min

Elevation 742–1,142 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lower Maintenance Trail · 40.56108, -80.19010

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Transit-accessible: Beaver Road opp Church Lane stop 782 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lower Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Roller Coaster Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto High Maintenance Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto High Matinenance Trail, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftReach Lower Maintenance Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto High Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Roller Coaster Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lower Maintenance Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Beaver Road opp Church Lane stop 782 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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