Highland Park Reservoir No. 2–Reservoir No. 1, 5 lakes is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Highland Park near Sharpsburg, PA. The route passes Lake Carnegie, Reservoir No. 1, Highland Park Entry Fountain and Highland Park Entry Fountain before reaching Highland Park Reservoir No. 2 at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 259 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Highland Park Reservoir No. 2–Reservoir No. 1, 5 lakes
2.1 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 50 min
Elevation 805–1,049 ft
Out & Back · Highland Park
Trailhead: Old Butler Street Trail · 40.48720, -79.91795
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 187 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Butler Street Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto knotweed, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 400 ftPass Lake Carnegie.
- 50 ftPass Reservoir No. 1.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Reservoir Drive Walk, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Highland Park Entry Fountain.
- 0.2 miPass Highland Park Entry Fountain.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Bunker Hill Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Memorial Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Highland Park Reservoir No. 2, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bunker Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Reservoir Drive Walk, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto knotweed, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Butler Street Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 187 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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