Pine Hill Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,106 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Pine Hill Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Hickory Run State Park near Hickory Run, PA. It climbs 1,106 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Pine Hill Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,106 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,004–1,585 ft
Out & Back · Hickory Run State Park
Trailhead: 41.02252, -75.71914
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Gould Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hickory Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Pine Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Hickory Run Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Gould Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:39 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bear Trail–Fireline Trail, 5 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 1,049 ft
- Drakes Express–Gould Trail, 3 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 2,729 ft
- Forest Lake Drive & Gould Trail via Pine Hill Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,886 ft
- Pine Hill Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 1,919 ft
- Gould Trail & Hickory Run Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 466 ft
- Hickory Run Trail via Gould Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 497 ft
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