Rachel Carson Trail & Scouts Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Harrison Hills Park near Garvers Ferry, PA. It climbs 381 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi994 – 1,158 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.65711, -79.70253
Nearest town Garvers Ferry, PA
Directions
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Rachel Carson Trail & Scouts Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 994–1,158 ft
Out & Back · Harrison Hills Park
Trailhead: 40.65711, -79.70253
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Transit-accessible: Freeport Rd at Altermoor Dr stop 431 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Scouts Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Wetlands Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Meadow Loop, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right onto Creekside Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Scouts Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Scouts Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right onto Pond Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Scouts Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pond Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Scouts Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Scouts Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Creekside Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Meadow Loop, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Wetlands Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Scouts Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% dirt24% grass4% paved9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:46 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Freeport Rd at Altermoor Dr stop 431 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Scouts Trail–Wetlands Trail, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 179 ft
- Pond Loop–Rachel Carson Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Lothlorien Lane–Scouts Trail, 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 304 ft
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