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
- Start on Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Lower Concrete Block Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Upper Concrete Block, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Downhill Drop, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Riverview Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Riverview Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Riverview Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Wilford's White Pines, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Riverview Ext. Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Riverview Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Downward Dog Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rollercoaster Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Parking Lot Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tranquil Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Firelane Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Boardwalk Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Boardwalk Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
- 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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