Lower Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back near Mount Etna, PA. It climbs 807 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi712 – 1,224 ft · steepest grade: 35%12.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: William Lane 40.52054, -78.17222
Nearest town Mount Etna, PA
Directions
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Lower Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 807 ft · 4 hr 32 min
Elevation 712–1,225 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: William Lane · 40.52054, -78.17222
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on William Lane, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto William Lane, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading N.
- 4.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Quarry Road, heading N.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Lower Trail, heading SE.
- 4.7 miContinue straight onto William Lane, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto William Lane, heading S.
- 50 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
75% gravel22% dirt1% other2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:39 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from William Lane Trailhead
- Lower Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Lower Trail 12.5 mi · ▲ 835 ft
- Lower Trail 12.9 mi · ▲ 926 ft
- Midstate Trail Little Juniata via Lower Trail 13.8 mi · ▲ 981 ft
- Maple Spring Trail & Mid-State Trail via Lower Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 1,100 ft
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