Quarry Trail via Grove Run Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,159 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Quarry Trail via Grove Run Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Powdermill Nature Reserve near Pleasant Grove, PA. It climbs 2,159 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Quarry Trail via Grove Run Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,159 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,519–2,786 ft
Out & Back · Powdermill Nature Reserve
Trailhead: 40.14721, -79.26804
Weather Sep 5: Heavy drizzle, high 74°F / low 65° · precip 16% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Weaver Road, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Quarry Trail, heading NE.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto Grove Run Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Quarry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Quarry Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Grove Run Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Quarry Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto Weaver Road, heading W.
- 3.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Weaver Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 821 ft
- Rock Run Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,411 ft
- Weaver Road 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,409 ft
- Grove Run Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,444 ft
- Grove Run Trail 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,240 ft
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