AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Pickering Trail

3 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Pickering Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Charlestown, PA. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 351 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.10635, -75.54779
Nearest town Charlestown, PA
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Pickering Trail

3 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 160–350 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.10635, -75.54779

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pickering Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miReach Pickering Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pickering-trail-out-back-5-km-810d

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM — 2 min before dark.

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