AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Pennypack Trail

4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Pennypack Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Southampton, PA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi174 – 240 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Newtown Rail Trail 40.17064, -75.04682
Nearest town Southampton, PA
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Pennypack Trail

4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 176–239 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Newtown Rail Trail · 40.17064, -75.04682

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
  2. 2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  3. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pennypack-trail-out-back-6-km-9c2a

Trail surface

99% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 8 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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