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Lookout Rock via Appalachian Trail

5 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Lookout Rock via Appalachian Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Foxtown Hill, PA. The route reaches Lookout Rock at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 408 ft. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi646 – 915 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.95753, -75.16805
Nearest town Foxtown Hill, PA
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Lookout Rock via Appalachian Trail

5 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 646–915 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.95753, -75.16805

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miBear left onto Lake Road, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 250 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miReach Lookout Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lake Road, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lookout-rock-out-back-3a77

Trail surface

56% gravel14% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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