Neversink Mountain Preserve

Neversink South Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 873 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Neversink South Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Kenhorst, PA. It climbs 873 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.7 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Neversink South Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 873 ft · 2 hr 24 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. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left onto Neversink North Trail, heading N.
  21. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto West Woodland Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right onto Neversink South Trail, heading SW.
  26. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  27. 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  29. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  30. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading E.
  31. 350 ftTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading E.
  32. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  34. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  36. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miBear left onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading W.
  38. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  39. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

24% gravel15% dirt61% 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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