Rattlesnake Connector & Rattlesnake Ridge

5 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Rattlesnake Connector & Rattlesnake Ridge is a 5-mile out-and-back near Walcksville, PA. It climbs 282 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,434 – 1,650 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.90364, -75.68250
Nearest town Walcksville, PA

Directions

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Rattlesnake Connector & Rattlesnake Ridge

5 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,433–1,649 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.90364, -75.68250

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Deer Path Connector, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Rattlesnake Connector, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rattlesnake Ridge, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miReach Rattlesnake Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 1.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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