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Pond Loop–Rachel Carson Trail Loop, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile loop in Harrison Hills Park near Sligo, PA. It climbs 359 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,198 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64697, -79.70012
Nearest town Sligo, PA

Directions

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Pond Loop–Rachel Carson Trail Loop, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 994–1,198 ft

Loop · Harrison Hills Park

Trailhead: 40.64697, -79.70012

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Pond Loop, heading S.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading E.
  4. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Scouts Trail, heading N.
  7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Scouts Trail, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading N.
  10. 400 ftSharp left onto Creekside Trail, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftBear left onto Meadow Loop, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.6 miBear left onto Wetlands Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Scouts Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Wetlands Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Scouts Trail, heading S.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto Spicebush Trail, heading S.
  18. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 250 ftTurn left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Loop, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

82% dirt3% paved15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:46 PM

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