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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.

Elevation

0 mi804 – 1,050 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Butler Street Trail 40.48720, -79.91795
Nearest town Sharpsburg, PA

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Old Butler Street Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto knotweed, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 400 ftPass Lake Carnegie.
  6. 50 ftPass Reservoir No. 1.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Reservoir Drive Walk, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftPass Highland Park Entry Fountain.
  11. 0.2 miPass Highland Park Entry Fountain.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Bunker Hill Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Memorial Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftReach Highland Park Reservoir No. 2, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Bunker Hill Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Reservoir Drive Walk, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
  21. 150 ftBear right onto knotweed, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Butler Street Trail, heading N.
  23. 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.

Trail surface

47% dirt27% gravel12% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 187 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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