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Marsh Creek Reservoir & Park Road Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Marsh Creek State Park near Eagle, PA. The route reaches Marsh Creek Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi361 – 522 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06309, -75.68592
Nearest town Eagle, PA

Directions

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Marsh Creek Reservoir & Park Road Trail

5 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 362–522 ft

Out & Back · Marsh Creek State Park

Trailhead: 40.06309, -75.68592

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miPass Marsh Creek Reservoir.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 250 ftReach Marsh Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  21. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  23. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

47% paved17% grass7% gravel1% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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