State Game Lands Number 145
Smiley Boulder–Savage Boulders, 8 rocks
3.5 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Smiley Boulder–Savage Boulders, 8 rocks is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 145 near Timber Hills, PA. The route passes Frog Pond, Savage Boulders, Scarlet Lady Boulder and 45 Area Boulders before reaching Smiley Boulder at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 383 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Smiley Boulder–Savage Boulders, 8 rocks
3.5 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 613–918 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 145
Trailhead: Sunday Road · 40.23888, -76.48116
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 11% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ridge Road, heading E.
- 1 miPass Frog Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chautauqua Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Monument Rock Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Clarence & Evetta Schock Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dinkey Track Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Clarence & Evetta Schock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dinkey Track Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Clarence & Evetta Schock Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Fire Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Interpretive Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Schock Tower House Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Chiques Creek Headwaters Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftPass Savage Boulders.
- 50 ftPass Scarlet Lady Boulder.
- 50 ftPass 45 Area Boulders.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach Smiley Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Schock Tower House Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Interpretive Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Fire Road, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Clarence & Evetta Schock Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Dinkey Track Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Clarence & Evetta Schock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Dinkey Track Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Clarence & Evetta Schock Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Monument Rock Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Chautauqua Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sunday Road Trailhead
- Farm Trail & Swamp Road Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Conewago Lake–Frog Pond, 4 lakes 3.1 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Frog Pond–Monument Rock Trail Loop, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 309 ft
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