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Frick Park

Iron Gate Trail–Lower Concrete Block Trail, 3 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Iron Gate Trail–Lower Concrete Block Trail, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Frick Park near Homestead, PA. It climbs 453 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi738 – 1,158 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail 40.41547, -79.91720
Nearest town Homestead, PA
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Iron Gate Trail–Lower Concrete Block Trail, 3 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 738–1,157 ft

Out & Back · Frick Park

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail · 40.41547, -79.91720

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Browns Hill Road at Parkview Boulevard stop 513 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto IHOP Tr., heading NE.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 350 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading E.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading E.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Iron Gate Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miReach Refractory Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
  24. 400 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading E.
  25. 250 ftBear right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NW.
  26. 350 ftTurn right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading NW.
  27. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading NE.
  31. 0.5 miBear left onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto IHOP Tr., heading SW.
  33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  34. 0.2 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/iron-gate-trail-out-back

Trail surface

74% dirt22% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Browns Hill Road at Parkview Boulevard stop 513 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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