Sleepy Hollow–Over The Top of Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot] Loop, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile loop in South Park near Library, PA. The route reaches Sleepy Hollow. It climbs 640 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi974 – 1,227 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gas Meter Trail 40.29972, -80.00530
Nearest town Library, PA
Directions
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Sleepy Hollow–Over The Top of Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot] Loop, 3 sights
2.6 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 975–1,227 ft
Loop · South Park
Trailhead: Gas Meter Trail · 40.29972, -80.00530
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gas Meter Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftPass Sleepy Hollow.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Sleepy Hollow Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sleepy Hollow Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Over The Top of Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [uphill] (Yellow Blaze), heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Fairgrounds North Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Gas Meter Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Gas Meter Trail Trailhead
- Montour Trail & South Park Montour Trail Connector via Sleepy Hollow Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 358 ft
- Duck Pond–The Cascades, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 792 ft
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