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Raystown Lake & Brumbaugh Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Trough Creek Wild Area near Paradise Furnace, PA. The route reaches Raystown Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 1,169 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 1,565 ft · steepest grade: 27%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brumbaugh Trail 40.32328, -78.13483
Nearest town Paradise Furnace, PA

Directions

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Raystown Lake & Brumbaugh Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 1,169 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 810–1,566 ft

Out & Back · Trough Creek Wild Area

Trailhead: Brumbaugh Trail · 40.32328, -78.13483

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Brumbaugh Trail, heading N.
  2. 2 miReach Raystown Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  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.

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead