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Mount Penn Preserve

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 6 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 1,096 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 6 sights is a 5.1-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 1,096 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,119 ft · steepest grade: 25%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.34970, -75.87215
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA
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Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 6 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 1,096 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 467–1,119 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.34970, -75.87215

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass Antietam Lake.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Dane's Run, heading NW.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading W.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  22. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spuhler Lane, heading SW.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftPass Mount Penn.
  30. 50 ftPass Spuhler Lane Viewpoint.
  31. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  32. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  35. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  36. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading SW.
  37. 0.2 miReach Mount Penn, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  38. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  39. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  40. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Spuhler Lane, heading SW.
  44. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tower Trail, heading SW.
  45. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  46. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  47. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  48. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  49. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  50. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  51. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  52. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  53. 300 ftBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading NE.
  54. 150 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  55. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Head, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  57. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  58. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  59. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading NE.
  60. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  61. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  62. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  63. 0.1 miBear left onto Dane's Run, heading SE.
  64. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  65. 300 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
  66. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  67. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  68. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  69. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-penn-spuhler-lane-viewpoint-out-back-7-sights-8-km

Trail surface

26% dirt1% paved73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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