Neversink Mountain Preserve

Neversink South Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,135 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Neversink South Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Millmont, PA. It climbs 1,135 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.31009, -75.92497
Nearest town Millmont, PA

Directions

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Neversink South Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,135 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 181–771 ft

Out & Back · Neversink Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.31009, -75.92497

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

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

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Trail surface

21% gravel13% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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