Lake Minisink & Burnt Mills Trail via Thunder Swamp Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Lake Minisink & Burnt Mills Trail via Thunder Swamp Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back near Pine Flats, PA. The route reaches Lake Minisink at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 364 ft. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lake Minisink & Burnt Mills Trail via Thunder Swamp Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,236–1,399 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Burnt Mills Trail · 41.23178, -75.07421
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Burnt Mills Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Thunder Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Whittaker Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Lake Minisink, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Thunder Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Burnt Mills Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Burnt Mills Trail Trailhead
- Burnt Mills Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Bushkill Colony Trail & Pine Flats Fireline Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- Broadhead Road & Burnt Mills Trail 11.2 mi · ▲ 529 ft
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