Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain

Olyphant Reservoir Number 2–High Voltage, 3 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 976 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Olyphant Reservoir Number 2–High Voltage, 3 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Marshwood, PA. The route reaches Olyphant Reservoir Number 2 at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 976 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,234 – 2,057 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Preserve 41.43929, -75.54019
Nearest town Marshwood, PA

Directions

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Olyphant Reservoir Number 2–High Voltage, 3 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 976 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 1,235–2,057 ft

Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain

Trailhead: Nature Preserve · 41.43929, -75.54019

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nature Preserve, heading NE.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Power Line Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 400 ftReach Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miBear left onto High Voltage, heading S.
  12. 200 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
  13. 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miTurn right onto Nature Preserve, heading E.
  16. 0.8 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

69% gravel18% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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