North Loop Trail & Roaring Run Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft · 3 hr
North Loop Trail & Roaring Run Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Roaring Run Natural Area near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 1,340 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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North Loop Trail & Roaring Run Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 1,858–2,679 ft
Out & Back · Roaring Run Natural Area
Trailhead: Roaring Run Trail · 40.04791, -79.28862
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 69°F / low 61° · precip 17% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Roaring Run Trail, heading NW.
- 2.7 miTurn right onto Painter Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto North Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Roaring Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Painter Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Roaring Run Trail, heading S.
- 2.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Roaring Run Trail Trailhead
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- Jones Mill Pond–Beltz Trail/Road, 7 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 1,268 ft
- Hidden Valley Golf Course–Kooser State Park, 9 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 1,378 ft
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