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New Pond & Founders' Pond is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Washington Crossing Historic Park near Brownsburg, PA. The route passes Founders' Pond and New Pond. It climbs 341 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi49 – 213 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33148, -74.93873
Nearest town Brownsburg, PA

Directions

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New Pond & Founders' Pond

2.5 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 49–214 ft

Out & Back · Washington Crossing Historic Park

Trailhead: 40.33148, -74.93873

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miPass Founders' Pond.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 500 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 200 ftPass New Pond.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftReach New Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  21. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

3% gravel97% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F68°
Precip3%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity69%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 72°63°
Mon 80°57°
Tue 82°59°
Wed 86°65°
Thu 84°66°
Fri 75°52°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 4 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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