Neversink Mountain Preserve

Neversink South Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 888 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Neversink South Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Klapperthall Junction, PA. It climbs 888 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.9 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Neversink South Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 888 ft · 2 hr 13 min

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. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Neversink North Trail, heading NW.
  15. 300 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 150 ftTurn left onto West Woodland Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Neversink South Trail, heading E.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  26. 200 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  27. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  29. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading E.
  30. 300 ftTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading SE.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  32. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  33. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

21% gravel16% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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