Lower Maintenance Trail & Roller Coaster Trail via High Maintenance Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Lower Maintenance Trail & Roller Coaster Trail via High Maintenance Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Walker Park near Shields, PA. It climbs 532 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lower Maintenance Trail & Roller Coaster Trail via High Maintenance Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 816–1,041 ft
Out & Back · Walker Park
Trailhead: 40.57028, -80.18672
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 13% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto High Maintenance Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Roller Coaster Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Lower Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Roller Coaster Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Roller Coaster Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto High Maintenance Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftArrive 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 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 4 min before dark.
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- Walker Park Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 205 ft
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