Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick
Highball Boulder–Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach, 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,046 ft · 3 hr 27 min
Highball Boulder–Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach, 4 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick near Timber Hills, PA. The route passes Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach before reaching Highball Boulder at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 1,046 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Highball Boulder–Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach, 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,046 ft · 3 hr 27 min
Elevation 554–1,142 ft
Out & Back · Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick
Trailhead: 40.24318, -76.49208
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 11% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Boy Scout Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto CBT, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Chautauqua Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Radar Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Dinkey Track Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Meadow Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Schock Tower House Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Highball Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Dinkey Track Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Radar Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Chautauqua Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto CBT, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Lebanon Valley Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Boy Scout Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Lebanon Valley Rail Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 151 ft
- Colflesh boulders–Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach, 5 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 953 ft
- Conewago Lake–Frog Pond, 6 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 1,084 ft
- General Nicholas Biddle Road & Turnpike Trail via Lebanon Valley Rail Trail 10 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Governor Dick Hill–Frog Pond Loop, 11 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 809 ft
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