Horse-Shoe Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Valley Forge National Historical Park near Chesterbrook, PA. It climbs 686 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 436 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.07965, -75.46480
Nearest town Chesterbrook, PA
Directions
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Horse-Shoe Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 70–435 ft
Out & Back · Valley Forge National Historical Park
Trailhead: 40.07965, -75.46480
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Mt. Misery Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Owen Drive, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mt. Misery Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 surface
23% dirt3% gravel1% paved73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
More from this trailhead
- Mt. Misery Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 630 ft
- Mt. Joy Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 657 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 686 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 742 ft
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