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Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Rock Outcrop–North Pond, 6 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,208 ft · 3 hr

Rock Outcrop–North Pond, 6 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Flying Hills, PA. The route passes North Pond and Rock Outcrop. It climbs 1,208 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 705 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flying Hills Cartpath 40.28134, -75.92220
Nearest town Flying Hills, PA
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Rock Outcrop–North Pond, 6 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,208 ft · 3 hr

Elevation 294–705 ft

Out & Back · Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Flying Hills Cartpath · 40.28134, -75.92220

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Flying Hills Cartpath, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hope Way, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading W.
  6. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  12. 300 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sawmill Dam, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftSharp right onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miPass North Pond.
  16. 200 ftBear left onto Sheerlund Trail, heading N.
  17. 450 ftTurn left onto Beech Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading N.
  19. 250 ftTurn left onto Collier's Way, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miPass Rock Outcrop.
  21. 200 ftContinue straight onto Boulevard Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miBear right onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftSharp left onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boulevard Trail, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftBear left onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulevard Trail, heading SW.
  27. 200 ftContinue straight onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boulevard Trail, heading SW.
  29. 100 ftTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mansion Road, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftReach Rock Outcrop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Watershed Trail, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulevard Trail, heading S.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Watershed Trail, heading S.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boulevard Trail, heading NE.
  36. 150 ftTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto Boulevard Trail, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftContinue straight onto Watershed Trail, heading NE.
  39. 0.2 miSharp right onto Cabin Hollow Road, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftBear left onto Boulevard Trail, heading NE.
  41. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Collier's Way, heading W.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right onto Coffee Pot Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  43. 250 ftBear left onto Beech Trail, heading SW.
  44. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sheerlund Trail, heading NE.
  45. 450 ftBear right onto Watershed Trail, heading N.
  46. 0.2 miSharp left onto Sawmill Dam, heading NE.
  47. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  48. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  49. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  50. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  51. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  52. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  53. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  54. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  55. 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading NE.
  57. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  58. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  59. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  60. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading E.
  61. 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-7-sights-12-km

Trail surface

16% gravel10% dirt8% paved66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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