Pennypack Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Walnut Hill, PA. It climbs 348 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi85 – 213 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.09541, -75.07188
Nearest town Walnut Hill, PA
Directions
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Pennypack Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 348 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 86–214 ft
Out & Back · Lorimer Park
Trailhead: 40.09541, -75.07188
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Council Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
- 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 ftTurn left onto Council Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
37% dirt31% gravel4% paved1% boardwalk27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pennypack Trail 2 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Pennypack Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 96 ft
- Pennypack Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- South Park Loop Trail via Pennypack Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Pennypack Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Pennypack Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 312 ft
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