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Mount Penn Preserve

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 5 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,031 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. The route passes Antietam Lake, Mount Penn and Spuhler Lane Viewpoint. It climbs 1,031 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 1,119 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.35604, -75.87270
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA
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Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 5 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,031 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 533–1,119 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.35604, -75.87270

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

Transit-accessible: stop 734 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Antietam Lake.
  3. 400 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Dane's Run, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  9. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading S.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading W.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 100 ftTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spuhler Lane, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftPass Mount Penn.
  29. 50 ftPass Spuhler Lane Viewpoint.
  30. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  31. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 450 ftSharp right onto Lavender Trail, heading SW.
  35. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  36. 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
  37. 0.1 miReach Mount Penn, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  39. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NW.
  41. 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  42. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  45. 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftTurn left onto Spuhler Lane, heading W.
  47. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tower Trail, heading W.
  48. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  49. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  50. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  51. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  52. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  53. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  54. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  55. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  56. 300 ftBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading NE.
  57. 150 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading N.
  58. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Head, heading NE.
  59. 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  60. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  61. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  62. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading NE.
  63. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  64. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  65. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  66. 0.1 miBear left onto Dane's Run, heading S.
  67. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  68. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading SE.
  69. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  70. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  71. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-penn-spuhler-lane-viewpoint-out-back-10-sights-7-km-06c3

Trail surface

37% dirt1% paved62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 734 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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