South Mountain Preserve

Lavender (Robert Rodale)–Orange (Alpine Street), 5 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 803 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Lavender (Robert Rodale)–Orange (Alpine Street), 5 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near Wilbur, PA. It climbs 803 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi427 – 945 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.56270, -75.46908
Nearest town Wilbur, PA

Directions

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Lavender (Robert Rodale)–Orange (Alpine Street), 5 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 803 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 428–945 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.56270, -75.46908

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red (Trout Run), heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miSharp right onto Orange (Alpine Street), heading S.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Trail (Green), heading N.
  9. 0.6 miReach Powerline Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange (Alpine Street), heading W.
  11. 1.3 miSharp right onto Blue (Uplands), heading E.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Powerline Top, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Bowman's Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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