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Pennypack Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Walnut Hill, PA. It climbs 399 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 213 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.09541, -75.07188
Nearest town Walnut Hill, PA

Directions

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Pennypack Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 1 hr 14 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 400 ftTurn left onto Council Rock Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 400 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto South Park Loop Trail, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 250 ftTurn left onto Pennypack Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Park Loop Trail, heading S.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  29. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Council Rock Trail, heading NE.
  34. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  37. 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

34% gravel32% dirt4% boardwalk4% paved26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead

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