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Highland Park

O'hara Trail

5 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 1 hr 47 min

O'hara Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Highland Park near Sharpsburg, PA. It is mostly level, with 238 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 810 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.48691, -79.91873
Nearest town Sharpsburg, PA
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O'hara Trail

5 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 716–811 ft

Out & Back · Highland Park

Trailhead: 40.48691, -79.91873

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 133 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Riverfront Park Boardwalk, heading E.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 1.1 miContinue straight onto O'hara Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Riverfront Park Boardwalk, heading SW.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  16. 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/ohara-trail-out-back-8-km-ae82

Trail surface

19% paved14% gravel1% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 133 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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