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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Magnesium Spring.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto North Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Magnesium Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 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
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