Lycoming Trail–Old Fire Tower Road, 3 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,550 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Lycoming Trail–Old Fire Tower Road, 3 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back near Drehersville, PA. It climbs 1,550 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lycoming Trail–Old Fire Tower Road, 3 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,550 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 503–1,580 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.62883, -76.01141
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miBear right onto Old Fire Tower Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile), heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Lycoming Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Old Fire Tower Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile), heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Old Fire Tower Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 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 0.8 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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