Pulpit Rock–Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point, 10 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Hamburg Reservoir Watershed near Molino, PA. The route passes Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Viewpoint and Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point before reaching Pulpit Rock at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 1,260 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly rock. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,198 – 1,588 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Fire Tower Road 40.60387, -75.99276
Nearest town Molino, PA
Directions
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Pulpit Rock–Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point, 10 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,260 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Elevation 1,198–1,590 ft
Out & Back · Hamburg Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: Old Fire Tower Road · 40.60387, -75.99276
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Fire Tower Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Slusser Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Pinnacle Trail, heading E.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Pinnacle Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Furnace Creek Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Viewpoint.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Reservoir Road, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Valley Rim Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Pulpit Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Furnace Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pinnacle Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Pinnacle Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miSharp right onto Slusser Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Fire Tower Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
83% rock5% dirt1% paved11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:32 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Old Fire Tower Road Trailhead
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- Appalachian National Scenic Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 806 ft
- Appalachian Trail via Appalachian National Scenic Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,005 ft
- Ha Ha Trail–Old Fire Tower Road, 6 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,458 ft
- Pocahontas Spring–Blue Trail Loop, 6 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft
- Hamburg Reservoir–Blue Trail Loop, 10 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,452 ft
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