Riverview Park

Old Zoo Trail & Pope's View Trail

2 mi · ▲ 240 ft · 47 min

Old Zoo Trail & Pope's View Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Riverview Park near Woods Run, PA. It is mostly level, with 240 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi955 – 1,089 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pope's View Trail 40.47794, -80.02278
Nearest town Woods Run, PA

Directions

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Old Zoo Trail & Pope's View Trail

2 mi · ▲ 240 ft · 47 min

Elevation 956–1,090 ft

Out & Back · Riverview Park

Trailhead: Pope's View Trail · 40.47794, -80.02278

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: stop 693 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Pope's View Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Snyder's Point Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Hollow Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left onto Short-Cut Trail, heading W.
  6. 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Old Zoo Trail, heading N.
  9. 300 ftContinue straight onto Old Kilbuck Road, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftReach Pope's View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Zoo Trail, heading N.
  12. 300 ftBear right onto Overlook Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Short-Cut Trail, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Deer Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Snyder's Point Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp left onto Pope's View Trail, heading W.
  18. 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: stop 693 m from the trailhead

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