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Mount Penn Preserve

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 6 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 1,409 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 6 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Mount Penn, PA. The route passes Egelman Reservoir, Mount Penn and Spuhler Lane Viewpoint. It climbs 1,409 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi476 – 1,119 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33106, -75.89654
Nearest town Mount Penn, PA
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Mount Penn–Spuhler Lane Viewpoint, 6 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 1,409 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 476–1,119 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.33106, -75.89654

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftPass Egelman Reservoir.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 300 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  22. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 250 ftTurn left onto Cub Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miPass Mount Penn.
  25. 50 ftPass Spuhler Lane Viewpoint.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Tower Trail, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  28. 200 ftTurn left onto Spuhler Lane, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 500 ftSharp right onto Lavender Trail, heading NW.
  34. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 100 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bridal Path, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
  38. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  39. 0.7 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  40. 0.2 miReach Mount Penn, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading NE.
  42. 0.7 miTurn left onto Bridal Path, heading S.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
  44. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  45. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading SW.
  47. 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  48. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  49. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  51. 50 ftSharp left onto Spuhler Lane, heading S.
  52. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  53. 200 ftBear right onto Tower Trail, heading S.
  54. 50 ftTurn left onto Cub Trail, heading S.
  55. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  56. 250 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  57. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  58. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  59. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  60. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  61. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  62. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  63. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  64. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  65. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  66. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  67. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  68. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  69. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  70. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  71. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  72. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  73. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  74. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  75. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  76. 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-7-sights-8-km-ada2

Trail surface

49% dirt1% paved50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.

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