Neversink Mountain Preserve
Leachate Pond & Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,033 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Leachate Pond & Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near East Reading, PA. The route reaches Leachate Pond. It climbs 1,033 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Leachate Pond & Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,033 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 168–774 ft
Out & Back · Neversink Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: Highland Trail · 40.32656, -75.90879
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Highland Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto West Woodland Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Neversink South Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Leachate Pond.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Leachate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Neversink South Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto West Woodland Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Highland Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Black Bear Hill–Neversink South Viewpoint, 6 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,467 ft
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