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Green Lane Park

Knight Lake & Deep Creek Lake via Perkiomen Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Knight Lake & Deep Creek Lake via Perkiomen Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Green Lane Park near Perkiomenville, PA. The route passes Deep Creek Lake and Deep Creek Lake before reaching Knight Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 259 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 394 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33090, -75.48284
Nearest town Perkiomenville, PA
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Knight Lake & Deep Creek Lake via Perkiomen Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 225–393 ft

Out & Back · Green Lane Park

Trailhead: 40.33090, -75.48284

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftPass Deep Creek Lake.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Perkiomen Trail, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miBear right onto Perkiomen Trail Connector, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Perkiomen Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miPass Deep Creek Lake.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miReach Knight Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Perkiomen Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Perkiomen Trail Connector, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Perkiomen Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 300 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 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/knight-lake-deep-creek-lake-out-back-3-lakes-5-km-2c8b

Trail surface

58% gravel14% paved12% dirt9% grass7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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