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French Creek State Park

Scotts Run Lake & Kalmia Trail via Six Penny Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Scotts Run Lake & Kalmia Trail via Six Penny Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Kulptown, PA. The route reaches Scotts Run Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 592 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi522 – 824 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.23490, -75.79693
Nearest town Kulptown, PA
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Scotts Run Lake & Kalmia Trail via Six Penny Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 522–823 ft

Out & Back · French Creek State Park

Trailhead: 40.23490, -75.79693

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Six Penny Trail, heading S.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Kalmia Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left onto Six Penny Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Boone Trail, heading S.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Scotts Run Loop, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  11. 200 ftBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftReach Scotts Run Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading S.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading E.
  15. 100 ftBear right onto Scotts Run Loop, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miBear right onto Boone Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Six Penny Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Kalmia Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Six Penny Trail, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/scotts-run-lake-kalmia-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

81% dirt1% gravel18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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