Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point–Moraine State Park Road [Trail H], 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point–Moraine State Park Road [Trail H], 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near West Liberty, PA. The route reaches Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point. It climbs 1,172 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point–Moraine State Park Road [Trail H], 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 1,172 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,206–1,508 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.96988, -80.03205
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 77°F / low 64° · precip 11% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Country Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Moraine State Park Road [Trail H], heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT), heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Ridge Top Trail [I], heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Power Line Alternate Trail [G], heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Power Line Trail [A], heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Connector Trail [D], heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Power Line Trail [A], heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Power Line Alternate Trail [G], heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Ridge Top Trail [I], heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT), heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Moraine State Park Road [Trail H], heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto North Country Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM — 1 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Power Line Trail [A] Sunset Point–Moraine State Park Road [Trail H], 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft
- North Country Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 616 ft
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