AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Brightside Farm

Horse-Shoe Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Horse-Shoe Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Brightside Farm near Sidley, PA. It climbs 356 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 591 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Horse-Shoe Trail 40.07584, -75.55714
Nearest town Sidley, PA
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Horse-Shoe Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 460–590 ft

Out & Back · Brightside Farm

Trailhead: Horse-Shoe Trail · 40.07584, -75.55714

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 1.5 miReach Horse-Shoe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.8 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-7-km-0189

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:09 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:57 PM.

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Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Sidley, Pennsylvania