AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Pickering Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 55 min

Pickering Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Charlestown Hunt, PA. It climbs 305 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 351 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.10961, -75.54152
Nearest town Charlestown Hunt, PA
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Pickering Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 55 min

Elevation 160–350 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.10961, -75.54152

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pickering Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 200 ftArrive 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/pickering-trail-out-back-4-km-4fe6

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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