High Traverse Viewpoint–Baby Head Climb, 6 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Frick Park near Squirrel Hill, PA. The route reaches High Traverse Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 576 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi738 – 1,158 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.42931, -79.91362
Nearest town Squirrel Hill, PA
Directions
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High Traverse Viewpoint–Baby Head Climb, 6 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 738–1,159 ft
Out & Back · Frick Park
Trailhead: 40.42931, -79.91362
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Beechwood Blvd at Nicholson St stop 188 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Iron Gate Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Downhill Drop, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Downhill Drop, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Baby Head Climb, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto High Traverse Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach High Traverse Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Baby Head Climb, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Refractory Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Iron Gate Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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
91% dirt4% gravel2% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:15 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Beechwood Blvd at Nicholson St stop 188 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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