Robert Rodale Reserve
Powerline Top
2.4 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Powerline Top is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Robert Rodale Reserve near Wilbur, PA. It climbs 466 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi522 – 1,014 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.56242, -75.46700
Nearest town Wilbur, PA
Directions
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Powerline Top
2.4 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 522–1,014 ft
Out & Back · Robert Rodale Reserve
Trailhead: 40.56242, -75.46700
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bowman's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Powerline Top, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Top Road, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Tree Stand, heading S.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Top Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Powerline Top, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bowman's Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lavender (Robert Rodale), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Water Towers Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 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
75% dirt25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
More from this trailhead
- Powerline Top 2.4 mi · ▲ 428 ft
- Powerline Top 2.6 mi · ▲ 520 ft
- Lavender (Robert Rodale)–Orange (Alpine Street), 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 410 ft
- Lavender (Robert Rodale)–Orange (Alpine Street), 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Lavender (Robert Rodale)–Orange (Alpine Street), 5 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 803 ft
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