AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

South Park

Maple Springs Loop & Police Station Extension Trail

4 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Maple Springs Loop & Police Station Extension Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in South Park near Piney Fork, PA. It climbs 278 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,004 – 1,198 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.30527, -79.99406
Nearest town Piney Fork, PA
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Maple Springs Loop & Police Station Extension Trail

4 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 1,004–1,199 ft

Out & Back · South Park

Trailhead: 40.30527, -79.99406

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Police Station Extension Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Maple Springs Loop, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miReach Police Station Extension Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Police Station Extension Trail, heading N.
  6. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/maple-springs-loop-police-station-extension-trail-out-back

Trail surface

73% dirt16% paved11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Piney Fork, Pennsylvania