Leachate Pond & Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section)
5 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Leachate Pond & Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section) is a 5-mile out-and-back near Millmont, PA. The route reaches Leachate Pond. It climbs 288 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 279 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.32288, -75.92607
Nearest town Millmont, PA
Directions
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Leachate Pond & Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section)
5 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 168–279 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.32288, -75.92607
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading SE.
- 0.9 miPass Leachate Pond.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Leachate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
51% gravel49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Angelica Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section) 5.4 mi · ▲ 536 ft
- West Valley Trail via Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section) 5.4 mi · ▲ 573 ft
- West Woodland Trail via Neversink South Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 830 ft
- Neversink South Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 836 ft
- Highland Trail via Neversink South Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 987 ft
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