Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Olyphant Reservoir Number 3–Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,494 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Olyphant Reservoir Number 3–Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, 5 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Marshwood, PA. The route passes Olyphant Reservoir Number 2 before reaching Olyphant Reservoir Number 3 at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 1,494 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Olyphant Reservoir Number 3–Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,494 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,235–2,057 ft
Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Trailhead: Nature Preserve · 41.44507, -75.55238
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nature Preserve, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Power Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftPass Olyphant Reservoir Number 2.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Olyphant Reservoir Number 3.
- 0.2 miReach Olyphant Reservoir Number 3, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto High Voltage, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Nature Preserve, heading SE.
- 1.5 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 2.7 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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