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Montour - Panhandle Connector via Montour Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near McAdams, PA. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,165 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quicksilver Road & Route 980 40.39450, -80.28421
Nearest town McAdams, PA

Directions

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Montour - Panhandle Connector via Montour Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 994–1,166 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Quicksilver Road & Route 980 · 40.39450, -80.28421

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Montour Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Montour - Panhandle Connector, heading SE.
  4. 1 miReach Montour - Panhandle Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miContinue straight onto Montour Trail, heading NW.
  6. 2.4 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

99% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 7:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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