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Neversink Mountain Preserve

Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section)

5 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section) is a 5-mile out-and-back in Neversink Mountain Preserve near Kenhorst, PA. It climbs 563 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 594 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.30917, -75.93280
Nearest town Kenhorst, PA
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Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section)

5 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 181–595 ft

Out & Back · Neversink Mountain Preserve

Trailhead: 40.30917, -75.93280

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading E.
  3. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Neck Road, heading N.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.5 miTurn right onto Schuylkill River Trail (Thun Section), heading S.
  24. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear left onto Angelica Creek Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/schuylkill-river-trail-thun-section-out-back-8-km-d217

Trail surface

29% gravel11% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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