Pennypack Trail & South Park Loop Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Alnwick, PA. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi92 – 207 ft6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bryn Athyn Post Office 40.13011, -75.07098
Nearest town Alnwick, PA
Directions
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Pennypack Trail & South Park Loop Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 92–206 ft
Out & Back · Lorimer Park
Trailhead: Bryn Athyn Post Office · 40.13011, -75.07098
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: stop 420 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pennypack Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Park Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lorimer Hill, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pennypack Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Pennypack Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lorimer Hill, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto South Park Loop Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 1 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
83% gravel11% dirt3% boardwalk1% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: stop 420 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- The Peak Woods–Crossroads Marsh, 3 groves 2.5 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Crossroads Marsh & Pennypack Creek Trail via Pennypack Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 59 ft
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