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Riverview Hill & Riverview Viewpoint Loop via Riverview Trail is a 1.3-mile loop in Frick Park near Swisshelm Park, PA. The route passes Riverview Viewpoint and Riverview Hill. It climbs 374 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi755 – 1,145 ft · steepest grade: 26%1.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail 40.42631, -79.90594
Nearest town Swisshelm Park, PA

Directions

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Riverview Hill & Riverview Viewpoint Loop via Riverview Trail

1.3 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 37 min

Elevation 755–1,146 ft

Loop · Frick Park

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail · 40.42631, -79.90594

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading N.
  3. 200 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Upper Concrete Block, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Downhill Drop, heading W.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Riverview Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftPass Riverview Viewpoint.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftReach Riverview Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 300 ftContinue straight onto Wilford's White Pines, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Riverview Ext. Trail, heading NW.
  16. 100 ftBear left onto Riverview Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Downward Dog Trail, heading NE.
  18. 450 ftTurn right onto Rollercoaster Trail, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Parking Lot Connector, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tranquil Trail, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Firelane Trail, heading S.
  23. 400 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading NE.
  24. 200 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Boardwalk Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Boardwalk Trail, heading S.
  27. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  29. 300 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

51% gravel41% dirt4% grass4% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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