AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Birdsboro Waters

Horse-Shoe Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Horse-Shoe Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Birdsboro Waters near Kulptown, PA. It climbs 810 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi387 – 817 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

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

5.8 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 388–816 ft

Out & Back · Birdsboro Waters

Trailhead: Horse-Shoe Trail · 40.22504, -75.80835

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Horse-Shoe Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 2 miReach Horse-Shoe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 1.8 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-9-km-f0e9

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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