Hickory Run State Park

Skyline Trail via Sand Spring Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Skyline Trail via Sand Spring Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Hickory Run State Park near Hickory Run, PA. It climbs 619 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,040 – 1,296 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.02280, -75.71106
Nearest town Hickory Run, PA

Directions

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Skyline Trail via Sand Spring Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 1,039–1,296 ft

Out & Back · Hickory Run State Park

Trailhead: 41.02280, -75.71106

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 250 ftSharp right onto Hickory Run Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miBear left onto Gould Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gould Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hickory Run Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftBear left onto Sand Spring Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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