Lake Neshaminy–Mill Dairy Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 212 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Lake Neshaminy–Mill Dairy Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Tyler State Park near Wrightstown, PA. The route reaches Lake Neshaminy. It is mostly level, with 212 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Neshaminy–Mill Dairy Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 212 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 88–182 ft
Out & Back · Tyler State Park
Trailhead: 40.24718, -74.98332
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 4% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Stream Crossing, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Betz Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Mill Dairy Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mill Dairy Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pedestrian Causeway, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Main Park Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tyler Drive Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Lake Neshaminy.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Buckman Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Lake Neshaminy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tyler Drive Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Main Park Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pedestrian Causeway, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mill Dairy Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mill Dairy Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Betz Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Stream Crossing, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:07 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:27 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.
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