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Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Rock Outcrop–North Pond, 5 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 631 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Rock Outcrop–North Pond, 5 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Angelica, PA. The route passes Rock Outcrop before reaching North Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 631 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 755 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kissinger Road 40.26648, -75.95566
Nearest town Angelica, PA
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Rock Outcrop–North Pond, 5 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 631 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 349–755 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Kissinger Road · 40.26648, -75.95566

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Middle Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Owl Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto Laurel Path, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading W.
  7. 500 ftTurn right onto Spruce Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Watershed Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Boulevard Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miPass Rock Outcrop.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Collier's Way, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftBear left onto Beech Trail, heading N.
  16. 450 ftPass North Pond.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pond Loop Trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Service Road, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miReach Rock Outcrop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Pond Loop Trail, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miBear right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading S.
  23. 250 ftTurn left onto Collier's Way, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boulevard Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.4 miBear right onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left onto Spruce Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading S.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left onto Laurel Path, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading SW.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Middle Road, heading S.
  34. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rock-outcrop-north-pond-out-back-6-sights-5-km

Trail surface

26% dirt25% gravel49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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