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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Sand Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Hickory Run Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Gould Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Skyline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gould Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hickory Run Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Sand Spring Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
More from this trailhead
- Sand Spring Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Hickory Run Trail via Sand Spring Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 174 ft
- Blue Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Gould Trail via Sand Spring Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 562 ft
- Sand Spring Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 535 ft
- Fireline Trail–Gould Trail, 3 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 834 ft
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