Birdsboro Waters
Horse-Shoe Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Horse-Shoe Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Birdsboro Waters near Trap Rock, PA. It climbs 424 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Horse-Shoe Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 545–817 ft
Out & Back · Birdsboro Waters
Trailhead: 40.24264, -75.80988
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Horse-Shoe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear 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 (~22 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Birdsboro Reservoir & Mr Driggs via Haycreek Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 622 ft
- Trap Rock–Birdsboro Reservoir Loop, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,085 ft
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