Huckleberry trail & Water Flat Trail
6 mi · ▲ 1,407 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Huckleberry trail & Water Flat Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Wells Tannery, PA. It climbs 1,407 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Huckleberry trail & Water Flat Trail
6 mi · ▲ 1,407 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,284–2,153 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.09242, -78.19871
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Childer's Ridge trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Water Flat trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Moseby trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Water Flat Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Huckleberry trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Water Flat trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Water Flat Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Moseby trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Water Flat trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Childer's Ridge trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~98 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Cornelius road 1.9 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Childer's Ridge trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- ATV Trail & Water Flat Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 659 ft
- ATV Trail–Dug Hill Trail, 3 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 917 ft
- Dug Hill Trail–Meredith trail, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,203 ft
- Garlick Road–Horton road, 4 sights 13 mi · ▲ 2,256 ft
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