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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red (Trout Run), heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Orange (Alpine Street), heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wilderness Trail (Green), heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Powerline Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange (Alpine Street), heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Blue (Uplands), heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Powerline Top, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bowman's Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
More from this trailhead
- Powerline Top 2.4 mi · ▲ 466 ft
- Powerline Top 2.6 mi · ▲ 520 ft
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