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Mount Penn Preserve

Peace Rock–Antietam Lake, 3 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 862 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Peace Rock–Antietam Lake, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Stony Creek Mills, PA. The route passes Antietam Lake before reaching Peace Rock at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 862 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,060 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.34970, -75.87215
Nearest town Stony Creek Mills, PA
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Peace Rock–Antietam Lake, 3 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 862 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 467–1,059 ft

Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.34970, -75.87215

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass Antietam Lake.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Dane's Run, heading NW.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Raw XL, heading W.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ferndale Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Raw XL, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 200 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Head, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gravity Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto Lanshe's Hill, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  22. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  29. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miReach Peace Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tower Trail, heading W.
  35. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  37. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  38. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  39. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  40. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  41. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  42. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  43. 300 ftBear left onto Lanshe's Hill, heading NE.
  44. 150 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  45. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Head, heading NE.
  46. 50 ftBear left onto Gravity Trail, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  48. 200 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  49. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ferndale Trail, heading E.
  50. 50 ftTurn left onto Raw XL, heading NE.
  51. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  52. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  53. 0.1 miBear left onto Dane's Run, heading SE.
  54. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  55. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ferndale Trail, heading S.
  56. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  57. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  58. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  59. 0.3 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/peace-rock-antietam-lake-out-back-4-lakes

Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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