Hwz Trail & Pipsissewa Trail
5 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Hwz Trail & Pipsissewa Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Braddock's Trail Park near Guffey, PA. It climbs 856 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Hwz Trail & Pipsissewa Trail
5 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 859–1,203 ft
Out & Back · Braddock's Trail Park
Trailhead: 40.30157, -79.76169
Weather Sep 5: Rain showers, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 14% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dead End Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pipsissewa Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dead End Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipsissewa Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hwz Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach Pipsissewa Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Forest Path, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipsissewa Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Dead End Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pipsissewa Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dead End Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM — 1 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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