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Mount Penn Preserve

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint Loop, 6 sights

1.2 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 34 min

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint Loop, 6 sights is a 1.2-mile loop in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. The route passes Mount Penn and Spuhler Lane Viewpoint. It climbs 319 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi804 – 1,119 ft · steepest grade: 18%1.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.34747, -75.90224
Nearest town Hampden Heights, PA
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Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint Loop, 6 sights

1.2 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 34 min

Elevation 805–1,118 ft

Loop · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.34747, -75.90224

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftPass Mount Penn.
  5. 50 ftPass Spuhler Lane Viewpoint.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Spuhler Lane, heading S.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto A-Line, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tower Trail, heading SE.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Network, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto A-Line, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  19. 350 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 300 ftTurn left onto Cub Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tower Trail, heading N.
  23. 250 ftSharp left onto Spuhler Lane, heading N.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftThe loop closes 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/mount-penn-spuhler-lane-viewpoint-loop-6-sights

Trail surface

32% dirt6% paved62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Hampden Heights, Pennsylvania