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Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Newtown Rail Trail–Pennypack Creek Trail, 3 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Newtown Rail Trail–Pennypack Creek Trail, 3 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust near Cornell, PA. It is mostly level, with 133 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 256 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.18000, -75.03236
Nearest town Cornell, PA
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Newtown Rail Trail–Pennypack Creek Trail, 3 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 163–257 ft

Out & Back · Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Trailhead: 40.18000, -75.03236

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Newtown Rail Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Paper Mill Woods Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Creek Road Trail, heading S.
  7. 450 ftSharp right onto Pennypack Creek Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.9 miReach Newtown Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left onto Creek Road Trail, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftTurn right onto Paper Mill Woods Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading S.
  14. 2.2 miBear left onto Newtown Rail Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftArrive 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/pennypack-creek-trail-pennypack-parkway-out-back-10-km-c71a

Trail surface

69% gravel22% paved8% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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