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Frick Park

Lowercoaster Trail & Refractory Trail via Lower Riverview Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 449 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Lowercoaster Trail & Refractory Trail via Lower Riverview Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Frick Park near Homestead, PA. It climbs 449 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi738 – 978 ft · steepest grade: 26%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail 40.41547, -79.91720
Nearest town Homestead, PA
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Lowercoaster Trail & Refractory Trail via Lower Riverview Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 449 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 738–978 ft

Out & Back · Frick Park

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail · 40.41547, -79.91720

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Browns Hill Road at Parkview Boulevard stop 513 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto IHOP Tr., heading NE.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 350 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading E.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading E.
  14. 450 ftBear right onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  15. 350 ftSharp left onto Concrete Block Connector, heading N.
  16. 100 ftTurn right onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading N.
  17. 400 ftContinue straight onto Fire Lane Ext. Trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading NE.
  19. 350 ftContinue straight onto Downward Dog Trail, heading E.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Lowercoaster Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miReach Refractory Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Downward Dog Trail, heading NE.
  23. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading NE.
  24. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fire Lane Ext. Trail, heading E.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading NE.
  26. 400 ftTurn left onto Concrete Block Connector, heading E.
  27. 100 ftSharp right onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  28. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Downhill Drop, heading SW.
  30. 450 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading SW.
  31. 200 ftBear right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading S.
  32. 350 ftTurn right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  33. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading SW.
  37. 0.5 miBear left onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto IHOP Tr., heading S.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  40. 0.2 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/lowercoaster-trail-out-back

Trail surface

62% dirt34% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Browns Hill Road at Parkview Boulevard stop 513 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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