Promised Land State Park

Power Tower Trail–Red Oak Trail, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Power Tower Trail–Red Oak Trail, 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Promised Land State Park near Promised Land, PA. It climbs 427 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,631 – 1,850 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Power Tower Trail 41.30009, -75.21491
Nearest town Promised Land, PA

Directions

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Power Tower Trail–Red Oak Trail, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 1,630–1,851 ft

Out & Back · Promised Land State Park

Trailhead: Power Tower Trail · 41.30009, -75.21491

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Power Tower Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Bald Eagle Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Red Oak Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.4 miTurn left onto Saw Mill Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sno Runner Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mill Brook #1 Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Big Dam Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto White Birches Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miReach Power Tower Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right onto Big Dam Ridge Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mill Brook #1 Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sno Runner Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Saw Mill Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Oak Trail, heading SE.
  15. 1.4 miSharp right onto Bald Eagle Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miSharp right onto Power Tower Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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