Nine Mile Run Trail & Refractory Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Frick Park near Swisshelm Park, PA. It is mostly level, with 119 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi735 – 804 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.42382, -79.90864
Nearest town Swisshelm Park, PA
Directions
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Nine Mile Run Trail & Refractory Trail
2 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 44 min
Elevation 734–804 ft
Out & Back · Frick Park
Trailhead: 40.42382, -79.90864
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Beechwood Blvd opposite Anita Ave (Monitor St) stop 750 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Refractory Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto IHOP Tr., heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Refractory Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto IHOP Tr., heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 surface
75% gravel22% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Beechwood Blvd opposite Anita Ave (Monitor St) stop 750 m from the trailhead
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