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Merli-Sarnoski County Park

Mountain Mud Pond & Meadow Trail via Boneyard

6 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Mountain Mud Pond & Meadow Trail via Boneyard is a 6-mile out-and-back in Merli-Sarnoski County Park near Carbondale, PA. The route reaches Mountain Mud Pond. It climbs 935 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,053 – 1,880 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quick Right 41.57143, -75.51212
Nearest town Carbondale, PA
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Mountain Mud Pond & Meadow Trail via Boneyard

6 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 1,052–1,879 ft

Out & Back · Merli-Sarnoski County Park

Trailhead: Quick Right · 41.57143, -75.51212

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dry Creek, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Boneyard, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miPass Mountain Mud Pond.
  7. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miReach Mountain Mud Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left onto Dry Creek, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 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/mountain-mud-pond-meadow-trail-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

45% dirt30% gravel25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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