AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Montour Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 942 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Montour Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Gastonville, PA. It climbs 942 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi873 – 1,198 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.26603, -79.99523
Nearest town Gastonville, PA
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Montour Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 942 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 872–1,197 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.26603, -79.99523

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Montour Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miReach Montour Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miArrive 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/montour-trail-out-back-9-km-7577

Trail surface

22% gravel78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 3 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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