Pony Ride Trail via Sleepy Hollow Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in South Park near Library, PA. It climbs 646 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi971 – 1,152 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.29054, -80.00777
Nearest town Library, PA
Directions
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Pony Ride Trail via Sleepy Hollow Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 646 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 970–1,152 ft
Out & Back · South Park
Trailhead: 40.29054, -80.00777
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Pony Ride Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Pony Ride Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
81% dirt17% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Over The Top of Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot]–Sleepy Hollow Hill Trail, 4 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 437 ft
- Sleepy Hollow Hill Trail & Sleepy Hollow Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 418 ft
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