Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Shelly, PA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 493–567 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.47918, -75.37267
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Bucks Rail Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Veteran's Park, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Upper Bucks Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Veteran's Park, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Bucks Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Upper Bucks Rail Trail & Veteran's Park 3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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