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Spring Mountain & Lower Loop via Perkiomen Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 567 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Spring Mountain & Lower Loop via Perkiomen Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Salford, PA. The route reaches Spring Mountain. It climbs 567 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi138 – 479 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Perkiomen Trail Trailhead 40.29101, -75.45320
Nearest town Salford, PA
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Spring Mountain & Lower Loop via Perkiomen Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 567 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 137–480 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Perkiomen Trail Trailhead · 40.29101, -75.45320

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Perkiomen Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miPass Spring Mountain.
  4. 250 ftBear left onto Goat Hill, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Copperhead Canyon, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lower Loop, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miReach Spring Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Copperhead Canyon, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Goat Hill, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left onto Perkiomen Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  16. 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/spring-mountain-lower-loop-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

38% gravel7% dirt4% paved2% boardwalk49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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