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Camp Woods

Keystone Loop–Mayapple Loop, 4 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Keystone Loop–Mayapple Loop, 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Camp Woods near Blue Bell Glenn, PA. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 328 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15587, -75.25831
Nearest town Blue Bell Glenn, PA
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Keystone Loop–Mayapple Loop, 4 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 205–327 ft

Out & Back · Camp Woods

Trailhead: 40.15587, -75.25831

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milkweed Loop, heading E.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Armentrout-Camp Woods Connector, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mayapple Loop, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Switchgrass Loop, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Camp Woods-Hughes Connector, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Keystone Loop, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Briar Hill-Hughes Connector, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Box Turtle Loop, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 350 ftTurn left onto Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector, heading W.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Farm Trail, heading SE.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Farm Trail;Maple Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Maple Trail, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 350 ftTurn left onto Goldenrod Trail, heading SW.
  26. 500 ftTurn left onto Old Farm Trail;Goldenrod Trail, heading SE.
  27. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Farm Trail, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftReach Mayapple Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Farm Trail;Goldenrod Trail, heading S.
  30. 100 ftTurn right onto Goldenrod Trail, heading S.
  31. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 350 ftTurn left onto Maple Trail, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Farm Trail;Maple Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Farm Trail, heading SW.
  35. 200 ftTurn left onto Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector, heading SW.
  36. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  37. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  39. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 300 ftTurn right onto Box Turtle Loop, heading NW.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right onto Briar Hill-Hughes Connector, heading NW.
  42. 0.2 miBear left onto Keystone Loop, heading W.
  43. 0.2 miTurn right onto Camp Woods-Hughes Connector, heading NW.
  44. 0.1 miBear right onto Switchgrass Loop, heading SE.
  45. 0.2 miBear right onto Mayapple Loop, heading SE.
  46. 0.2 miTurn left onto Armentrout-Camp Woods Connector, heading N.
  47. 0.2 miBear left onto Milkweed Loop, heading NW.
  48. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  51. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  52. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  53. 50 ftArrive 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/keystone-loop-mayapple-loop-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

68% grass32% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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