Pennypack Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Bethayres, PA. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi102 – 207 ft3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.11110, -75.07258
Nearest town Bethayres, PA
Directions
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Pennypack Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 101–206 ft
Out & Back · Lorimer Park
Trailhead: 40.11110, -75.07258
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Bethayres stop 690 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, 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 N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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
81% gravel1% paved18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Bethayres stop 690 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- South Park Loop Trail via Pennypack Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- The Peak Woods–Crossroads Marsh, 3 groves 4.6 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Crossroads Marsh–Paper Mill Road Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 166 ft
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