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Diamond Rock Preserve

Horse-Shoe Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 56 min

Horse-Shoe Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Diamond Rock Preserve near Cedar Hollow, PA. It climbs 260 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 620 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.07546, -75.51122
Nearest town Cedar Hollow, PA
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Horse-Shoe Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 56 min

Elevation 385–619 ft

Out & Back · Diamond Rock Preserve

Trailhead: 40.07546, -75.51122

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miReach Horse-Shoe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 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-4-km-a6a9

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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