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Mount Penn Preserve

Peace Rock–Antietam Lake, 6 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 894 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Peace Rock–Antietam Lake, 6 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. The route passes Antietam Lake before reaching Peace Rock at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 894 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 1,096 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ferndale Trail 40.35614, -75.87459
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA
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Peace Rock–Antietam Lake, 6 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 894 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 537–1,097 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: Ferndale Trail · 40.35614, -75.87459

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Raw XL, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Antietam Lake.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading W.
  12. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 100 ftTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto New Wilderness Adventure, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftBear left onto A-Line, heading SW.
  24. 250 ftSharp right onto Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  26. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miReach Peace Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  33. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  34. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  35. 100 ftSharp left onto A-Line, heading W.
  36. 250 ftBear right onto New Wilderness Adventure, heading W.
  37. 350 ftTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading SW.
  38. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  40. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  41. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  42. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  43. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  45. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  46. 300 ftBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading NE.
  47. 150 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  48. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Head, heading NE.
  49. 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  50. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  51. 150 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  52. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading NE.
  53. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  54. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  55. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  56. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  57. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/new-wilderness-adventure-tower-trail-out-back

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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