Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Mud Dam–High Voltage, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,136 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Mud Dam–High Voltage, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Marshwood, PA. The route reaches Mud Dam at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,136 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mud Dam–High Voltage, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,136 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 1,218–2,057 ft
Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Trailhead: Nature Preserve · 41.43929, -75.54019
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nature Preserve, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Power Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Mud Dam, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto High Voltage, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Nature Preserve, heading S.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Nature Preserve Trailhead
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- Power Line Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 391 ft
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- Blueberry Trail–Power Line Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 493 ft
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