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Upper Saucon Township Community Park

Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail

12.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft · 4 hr 20 min

Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Upper Saucon Township Community Park near Center Valley, PA. It climbs 271 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi407 – 604 ft13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.53810, -75.38697
Nearest town Center Valley, PA
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Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail

12.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft · 4 hr 20 min

Elevation 407–603 ft

Out & Back · Upper Saucon Township Community Park

Trailhead: 40.53810, -75.38697

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn right onto Saucon Rail Trail, heading SW.
  6. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Bucks Rail Trail, heading SW.
  7. 3.6 miTurn left onto Veteran's Park, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miReach Upper Bucks Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  12. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Veteran's Park, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Upper Bucks Rail Trail, heading N.
  16. 3.6 miContinue straight onto Saucon Rail Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/highlands-trail-upper-bucks-rail-trail-out-back-20-km-660d

Trail surface

74% gravel18% paved2% boardwalk6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~125 min). Leave by 5:05 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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