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White Clay Creek Preserve

Nature Preserve Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail & PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Nature Preserve Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail & PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in White Clay Creek Preserve near Landenberg, PA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi105 – 164 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Vaughn's Trail 39.76694, -75.76700
Nearest town Landenberg, PA
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Nature Preserve Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail & PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 105–165 ft

Out & Back · White Clay Creek Preserve

Trailhead: Vaughn's Trail · 39.76694, -75.76700

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on White Clay Creek Preserve, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Penndel Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miBear left onto Nature Preserve Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miReach PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miBear right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.8 miBear right onto Penndel Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto PennDel Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miBear right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto PennDel Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 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/nature-preserve-trail-mason-dixon-trail-penndel-trail-mason-dixon-trail-out-back-3-sights-11-km

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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