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Boyce Mayview Park

Pond 1–Between Two Worlds Trail, 6 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 526 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Pond 1–Between Two Worlds Trail, 6 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Boyce Mayview Park near Boyce, PA. The route reaches Pond 1. It climbs 526 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi827 – 1,155 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dolly Circle 40.31583, -80.10024
Nearest town Boyce, PA
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Pond 1–Between Two Worlds Trail, 6 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 526 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 828–1,156 ft

Out & Back · Boyce Mayview Park

Trailhead: Dolly Circle · 40.31583, -80.10024

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Overlook Loop, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Loop, heading N.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Loop, heading NW.
  6. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 350 ftBear left onto Sylvan Ridge Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Switchback Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Curved Bridge Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Ravine Drive, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Chartiers Floodplain Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Between Two Worlds Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Milkweed Trail, heading NW.
  15. 200 ftTurn left onto Butterfly Trail, heading W.
  16. 200 ftTurn left onto Meadow Edges Trail, heading W.
  17. 500 ftBear right onto Beech Valley Trail, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Sycamore View Trail, heading W.
  19. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 400 ftReach Pond 1, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 0.5 miSharp right onto Wood Thrush Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Sensory Trail, heading N.
  26. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Old Farm Road Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right onto Between Two Worlds Trail, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto Chartiers Floodplain Trail, heading SE.
  32. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodlands Trail, heading S.
  33. 0.3 miSharp right onto Ravine Drive, heading S.
  34. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn right onto Curved Bridge Trail, heading S.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Trillium Trail, heading SE.
  37. 0.4 miSharp left onto Queen Maple Trail, heading SW.
  38. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sylvan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  39. 0.4 miTurn left onto Upland Trail, heading S.
  40. 250 ftTurn right onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading S.
  41. 0.2 miBear right onto Overlook Loop, heading S.
  42. 50 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/pond-1-between-two-worlds-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

89% dirt6% grass4% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:15 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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