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.
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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
- Start on Flying Hills Cartpath, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hope Way, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Sheerlund Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Sheerlund Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Lane, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hope Way, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Hills Cartpath, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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