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Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest

Preserve Line Trail & Shale Run Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 456 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Preserve Line Trail & Shale Run Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest near Carsonville, PA. It climbs 456 ft. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,178 – 1,453 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grimm Trail 40.51830, -76.74619
Nearest town Carsonville, PA
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Preserve Line Trail & Shale Run Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 456 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 1,178–1,454 ft

Out & Back · Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest

Trailhead: Grimm Trail · 40.51830, -76.74619

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:35 PM

  1. Start on Grimm Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Shale Run Trail, heading E.
  3. 1 miContinue straight onto Preserve Line Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Hawks Nest Run, heading N.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto Preserve Line Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miReach Preserve Line Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miBear left onto Hawks Nest Run, heading S.
  8. 100 ftBear right onto Preserve Line Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shale Run Trail, heading S.
  10. 1 miBear left onto Grimm Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 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/preserve-line-trail-shale-run-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

46% gravel54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:35 PM

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