Neversink Mountain Preserve

Neversink South Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Neversink South Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Kenhorst, PA. It climbs 948 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 24%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.30653, -75.93535
Nearest town Kenhorst, PA

Directions

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Neversink South Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 181–771 ft

Out & Back · Neversink Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.30653, -75.93535

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear left onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  16. 200 ftBear right onto Neversink South Trail, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miBear right onto West Woodland Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Neversink North Trail, heading NE.
  22. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  25. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  28. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn left onto West Woodland Trail, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Neversink South Trail, heading SE.
  32. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 200 ftSharp left, heading E.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  36. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading SW.
  37. 300 ftTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading E.
  38. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  40. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  41. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 200 ftSharp left, heading W.
  43. 0.2 miBear left onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading W.
  44. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  45. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

22% gravel22% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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