Bruce Lake Natural Area
(overgrown, 2016-8-10) & Brown Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 35 min
(overgrown, 2016-8-10) & Brown Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Bruce Lake Natural Area near Promised Land, PA. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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(overgrown, 2016-8-10) & Brown Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 1,758–1,823 ft
Out & Back · Bruce Lake Natural Area
Trailhead: Kleinhans Trail · 41.34357, -75.21302
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto (overgrown, 2016-8-10), heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Brown Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach (overgrown, 2016-8-10), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto (overgrown, 2016-8-10), heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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