Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve

Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve & Memorytown Lake

2 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 48 min

Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve & Memorytown Lake is a 2-mile out-and-back in Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve near Paradise Crossing, PA. The route passes Memorytown Lake and Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve. It climbs 261 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,247 – 1,460 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12508, -75.32071
Nearest town Paradise Crossing, PA

Directions

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Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve & Memorytown Lake

2 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 48 min

Elevation 1,245–1,461 ft

Out & Back · Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 41.12508, -75.32071

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Memorytown Lake.
  3. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftPass Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miReach Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead