Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

North Pond–Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 501 ft · 1 hr 7 min

North Pond–Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Angelica, PA. The route reaches North Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 501 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi364 – 801 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Spruce Trail 40.27126, -75.95973
Nearest town Angelica, PA

Directions

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North Pond–Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 501 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 364–801 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Spruce Trail · 40.27126, -75.95973

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Spruce Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Spruce Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Boulevard Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Deer Path, heading N.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Beech Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pond Loop Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftReach North Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto Deer Path, heading SW.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Boulevard Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Spruce Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Spruce Trail, heading S.
  17. 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

74% dirt26% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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