AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

French Creek State Park

Horse-Shoe Trail

2 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 49 min

Horse-Shoe Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Kulptown, PA. It climbs 305 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 804 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse-Shoe Trail 40.22504, -75.80835
Nearest town Kulptown, PA
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Horse-Shoe Trail

2 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 49 min

Elevation 576–804 ft

Out & Back · French Creek State Park

Trailhead: Horse-Shoe Trail · 40.22504, -75.80835

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Horse-Shoe Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Six Penny Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boone Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Six Penny Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miArrive 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/horse-shoe-trail-out-back-3-km-efe1

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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