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Maple Spring Trail & Mid-State Trail via Lower Trail is a 14.1-mile out-and-back in Little Juniata Natural Area near Mount Etna, PA. It climbs 1,100 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi712 – 1,224 ft · steepest grade: 34%14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: William Lane 40.52054, -78.17222
Nearest town Mount Etna, PA

Directions

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Maple Spring Trail & Mid-State Trail via Lower Trail

14.1 mi · ▲ 1,100 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Elevation 712–1,225 ft

Out & Back · Little Juniata Natural Area

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

  1. Start on William Lane, heading NE.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading N.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto William Lane, heading N.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading N.
  5. 4.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Quarry Road, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miSharp right onto Mid-State Trail, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Maple Spring Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mid-State Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miReach Mid-State Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Maple Spring Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mid-State Trail, heading S.
  13. 250 ftSharp left onto Quarry Road, heading SW.
  14. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Lower Trail, heading S.
  16. 4.7 miContinue straight onto William Lane, heading S.
  17. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lower Trail, heading S.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto William Lane, heading S.
  19. 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

66% gravel27% dirt1% other6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:39 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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