Ravine Drive & Sylvan Ridge Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 56 min
Ravine Drive & Sylvan Ridge Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Boyce Mayview Park near Boyce, PA. It climbs 277 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Ravine Drive & Sylvan Ridge Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 56 min
Elevation 838–1,156 ft
Out & Back · Boyce Mayview Park
Trailhead: Dolly Circle · 40.31583, -80.10024
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Overlook Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Loop, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Sylvan Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Switchback Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Curved Bridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Ravine Drive, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Sylvan Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Curved Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Switchback Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sylvan Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Overlook Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sky Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Overlook Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:15 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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