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Huntingdon and Broad Top Rail Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back near Riddlesburg, PA. It climbs 948 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 1,339 ft · steepest grade: 24%8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15946, -78.24702
Nearest town Riddlesburg, PA

Directions

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Huntingdon and Broad Top Rail Trail

7.9 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 864–1,340 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.15946, -78.24702

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:39 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 1.2 miTurn right onto Huntingdon and Broad Top Rail Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.9 miReach Huntingdon and Broad Top Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

39% dirt13% gravel48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:39 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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