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Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Painted Turtle Pond–Buck Hollow Trail, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 48 min

Painted Turtle Pond–Buck Hollow Trail, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Angelica, PA. The route reaches Painted Turtle Pond. It climbs 250 ft. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi482 – 755 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kissinger Road 40.26648, -75.95566
Nearest town Angelica, PA
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Painted Turtle Pond–Buck Hollow Trail, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 48 min

Elevation 483–755 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Kissinger Road · 40.26648, -75.95566

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Kissinger Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miPass Painted Turtle Pond.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chestnut Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Hollow Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chestnut Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Painted Turtle Pond Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miReach Painted Turtle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miBear right onto Chestnut Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Oak Trail, heading N.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Laurel Path, heading NW.
  12. 500 ftTurn right onto Kissinger Road, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Watershed Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Path, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto Middle Road, heading SW.
  18. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/painted-turtle-pond-painted-turtle-pond-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

35% gravel19% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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