South Mountain Preserve

Log Trail (White) & Orange (Alpine Street)

4.5 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Log Trail (White) & Orange (Alpine Street) is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Preserve near Emmaus Junction, PA. It climbs 684 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 1,011 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Mountain Gateway Trail 40.54626, -75.48426
Nearest town Emmaus Junction, PA

Directions

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Log Trail (White) & Orange (Alpine Street)

4.5 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 402–1,010 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: South Mountain Gateway Trail · 40.54626, -75.48426

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Mountain Gateway Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange (Alpine Street), heading SE.
  3. 0.8 miSharp right onto Blue (Uplands), heading E.
  4. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Powerline Top, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Top Road, heading S.
  7. 200 ftSharp left onto Tree Stand, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Log Trail (White), heading E.
  9. 0.5 miReach Orange (Alpine Street), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tree Stand, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftSharp right onto Top Road, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftBear right onto Powerline Top, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Blue (Uplands), heading N.
  15. 0.7 miSharp left onto Orange (Alpine Street), heading S.
  16. 0.8 miSharp left onto South Mountain Gateway Trail, heading W.
  17. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

74% dirt6% gravel20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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