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Pennypack Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Walnut Hill, PA. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 207 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.09739, -75.07200
Nearest town Walnut Hill, PA

Directions

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Pennypack Trail

2 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 45 min

Elevation 86–206 ft

Out & Back · Lorimer Park

Trailhead: 40.09739, -75.07200

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto South Park Loop Trail, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 200 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Park Loop Trail, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

51% gravel7% boardwalk5% paved37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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