Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

North Pond–Beech Trail, 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 54 min

North Pond–Beech Trail, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Overbrook, PA. The route reaches North Pond at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 529 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi371 – 696 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.28243, -75.96314
Nearest town Overbrook, PA

Directions

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North Pond–Beech Trail, 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 54 min

Elevation 370–696 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: 40.28243, -75.96314

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Beech Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftSharp right onto Pond Loop Trail, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftReach North Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 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

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 5 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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