State Game Lands Number 211

Rattling Run Trail & Water Tank Trail

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,207 ft · 5 hr

Rattling Run Trail & Water Tank Trail is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 211 near White Spring, PA. It climbs 2,207 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 1,621 ft · steepest grade: 43%11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rattling Run Trail 40.40217, -76.83790
Nearest town White Spring, PA

Directions

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Rattling Run Trail & Water Tank Trail

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,207 ft · 5 hr

Elevation 459–1,620 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 211

Trailhead: Rattling Run Trail · 40.40217, -76.83790

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rattling Run Trail, heading N.
  2. 3.8 miTurn right onto Water Tank Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miTurn left onto Stony Creek Rail Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miReach Rattling Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Water Tank Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left onto Rattling Run Trail, heading NW.
  7. 3.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

45% gravel39% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:35 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~99 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 7:35 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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