Yellow Springs Conservation Easement

Magnesium Spring & North Ridge Trail

1.8 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 50 min

Magnesium Spring & North Ridge Trail is a 1.8-mile out-and-back in Yellow Springs Conservation Easement near Chester Springs, PA. The route reaches Magnesium Spring. It climbs 468 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi269 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 23%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.09934, -75.62061
Nearest town Chester Springs, PA

Directions

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Magnesium Spring & North Ridge Trail

1.8 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 50 min

Elevation 269–553 ft

Out & Back · Yellow Springs Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 40.09934, -75.62061

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass Magnesium Spring.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto North Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miReach Magnesium Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  26. 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

24% gravel76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead