Green Lane Park

Knight Lake & Deep Creek Lake via Perkiomen Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 55 min

Knight Lake & Deep Creek Lake via Perkiomen Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Green Lane Park near Perkiomenville, PA. The route passes Deep Creek Lake before reaching Knight Lake at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 308 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Trail 40.33821, -75.48939
Nearest town Perkiomenville, PA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Knight Lake & Deep Creek Lake via Perkiomen Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 55 min

Elevation 205–308 ft

Out & Back · Green Lane Park

Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.33821, -75.48939

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start on Blue Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Deep Creek Lake.
  3. 200 ftBear right onto Perkiomen Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Perkiomen Trail Connector, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Perkiomen Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miPass Knight Lake.
  9. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miReach Knight Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miBear right onto Perkiomen Trail Connector, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Perkiomen Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.4 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  18. 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 surface

71% gravel23% paved1% grass1% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:09 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:57 PM.

More sunset hikes nearby

More from Blue Trail Trailhead