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Robert Rodale Reserve

Powerline Top

2.1 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 56 min

Powerline Top is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Robert Rodale Reserve near Wilbur, PA. It climbs 463 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 1,014 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.55886, -75.47123
Nearest town Wilbur, PA
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Powerline Top

2.1 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 56 min

Elevation 537–1,014 ft

Out & Back · Robert Rodale Reserve

Trailhead: 40.55886, -75.47123

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start on Water Towers Path, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bowman's Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftSharp left onto Powerline Top, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear left onto Top Road, heading S.
  8. 200 ftSharp left onto Tree Stand, heading S.
  9. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftSharp right onto Top Road, heading SE.
  11. 200 ftBear right onto Powerline Top, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Bowman's Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading N.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miArrive 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/powerline-top-out-back-3-km-b5c2

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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