Raystown Lake Recreation Area
Ridge Viewpoint–Allie Trail, 9 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft · 4 hr 43 min
Ridge Viewpoint–Allie Trail, 9 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Raystown Lake Recreation Area near Snydertown, PA. The route reaches Ridge Viewpoint. It climbs 1,027 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Ridge Viewpoint–Allie Trail, 9 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 1,027 ft · 4 hr 43 min
Elevation 1,027–1,288 ft
Out & Back · Raystown Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: Dark Hollow Trail · 40.39065, -78.08750
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stony Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Allie Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Red Legs Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Grippis Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miPass Ridge Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Berry Patch Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Army Corp of Engineers Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Berry Patch Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Army Corp of Engineers Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Berry Patch Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Army Corp of Engineers Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Berry Patch Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Grippis Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Red Legs Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Allie Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Buck Trail, heading SW.
- 2.8 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.1 mi in (~140 min). Leave by 4:58 PM for the 7:38 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Dark Hollow Trail Trailhead
- Raystown Lake–Dark Hollow Trail, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Barrel Bay Trail–Dark Hollow Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 500 ft
- Buck Trail–Doe Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 785 ft
- Allie Trail–Army Corp of Engineers Road, 7 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft
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