McDade Recreational Trail
10 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 3 hr 46 min
McDade Recreational Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back near Indian Point, PA. It climbs 861 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi371 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.29054, -74.83166
Nearest town Indian Point, PA
Directions
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McDade Recreational Trail
10 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Elevation 370–923 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.29054, -74.83166
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto McDade Recreational Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.6 miBear right onto Zimmermann Farm Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Conashaugh View Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Zimmermann Farm Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto McDade Recreational Trail, heading E.
- 2.8 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 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
55% gravel26% dirt19% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- The Cliff via McDade Recreational Trail 1.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- McDade Recreational Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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