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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Park Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto South Park Loop Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Pennypack Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Pennypack Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 96 ft
- Pennypack Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 348 ft
- Pennypack Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- South Park Loop Trail via Pennypack Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Fox Chase - Lorimer Trail via Pennypack Trail 3 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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