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Tyler Arboretum

North Woods–Thoreau's Cabin, 3 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 23 min

North Woods–Thoreau's Cabin, 3 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Tyler Arboretum near Granite Farms Estates, PA. The route passes Thoreau's Cabin before reaching North Woods at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 425 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi220 – 377 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.91003, -75.44845
Nearest town Granite Farms Estates, PA
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North Woods–Thoreau's Cabin, 3 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 220–378 ft

Out & Back · Tyler Arboretum

Trailhead: 39.91003, -75.44845

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rocky Run Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto White, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pink White, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto White, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Pink, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right onto White Pink, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftBear left onto White Orange Pink, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange/White, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto White, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Orange, heading NE.
  18. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto White, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow White, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Blue Yellow, heading N.
  22. 200 ftContinue straight onto White Blue, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miPass Thoreau's Cabin.
  25. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 50 ftReach North Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  28. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Blue, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Blue Yellow, heading SW.
  31. 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow White, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftTurn right onto White, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miBear right onto Orange, heading E.
  34. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn left onto White, heading NE.
  36. 200 ftBear right onto Orange/White, heading NE.
  37. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Orange Pink, heading SE.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto White Pink, heading SE.
  39. 350 ftSharp left onto Pink, heading SW.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left onto White, heading SW.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pink White, heading SW.
  42. 100 ftTurn right onto White, heading SW.
  43. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rocky Run Trail, heading S.
  44. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  45. 1 miBear right, heading W.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  47. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  48. 50 ftArrive 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/north-woods-thoreaus-cabin-out-back-3-sights-10-km

Trail surface

16% dirt2% paved82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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