Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath

4.5 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center near Flying Hills, PA. It climbs 651 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 676 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flying Hills Cartpath 40.28134, -75.92220
Nearest town Flying Hills, PA

Directions

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Sheerlund Road via Flying Hills Cartpath

4.5 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 294–677 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. 0.3 miReach Sheerlund Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading E.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

12% paved88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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