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Smithfield Beach & McDade Recreational Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Smithfield Beach & McDade Recreational Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Winona Lakes, PA. The route reaches Smithfield Beach at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 255 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi322 – 581 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: McDade Recreational Trail 41.07017, -75.01812
Nearest town Winona Lakes, PA
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Smithfield Beach & McDade Recreational Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 321–580 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: McDade Recreational Trail · 41.07017, -75.01812

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on McDade Recreational Trail, heading S.
  2. 4.1 miPass Smithfield Beach.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftReach Smithfield Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 4.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/smithfield-beach-smithfield-beach-out-back-4-beaches-14-km

Trail surface

96% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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