Old Fire Tower Road & Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile)
2.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 57 min
Old Fire Tower Road & Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile) is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Molino, PA. It climbs 309 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Old Fire Tower Road & Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile)
2.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 57 min
Elevation 1,237–1,576 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Old Fire Tower Road · 40.60387, -75.99276
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Fire Tower Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile), heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Old Fire Tower Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Old Fire Tower Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:32 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Old Fire Tower Road Trailhead
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- Appalachian Trail via Appalachian National Scenic Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,005 ft
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- Pocahontas Spring–Blue Trail Loop, 6 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft
- Hamburg Reservoir–Blue Trail Loop, 10 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,452 ft
- Pulpit Rock–Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point, 10 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,260 ft
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