Pennypack Trail & South Park Loop Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lorimer Park near Gloria Dei Towers, PA. It is mostly level, with 171 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 213 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pennypack Trail 40.12258, -75.07309
Nearest town Gloria Dei Towers, PA
Directions
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Pennypack Trail & South Park Loop Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 95–213 ft
Out & Back · Lorimer Park
Trailhead: Pennypack Trail · 40.12258, -75.07309
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: stop 623 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pennypack Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Park Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Pennypack Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pennypack Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
85% gravel2% boardwalk1% paved1% dirt11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: stop 623 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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