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Neversink Mountain Preserve

Neversink South Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 2 hr

Neversink South Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Klapperthall Junction, PA. It climbs 812 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.30551, -75.91903
Nearest town Klapperthall Junction, PA
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Neversink South Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 187–771 ft

Out & Back · Neversink Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.30551, -75.91903

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 200 ftBear right onto Neversink South Trail, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto West Woodland Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left onto Neversink North Trail, heading N.
  14. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto West Woodland Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Neversink South Trail, heading S.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading S.
  24. 300 ftTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading S.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  27. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/neversink-south-trail-out-back-8-km-5bc5

Trail surface

23% gravel6% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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