Mount Penn Preserve
Spuhler Lane via Tower Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Spuhler Lane via Tower Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. It climbs 641 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spuhler Lane via Tower Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 499–1,074 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.36403, -75.89998
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bridal Path, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tower Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Spuhler Lane, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Spuhler Lane, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tower Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bridal Path, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Blue Trail Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Bridal Path Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Bridal Path 2.7 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam 2.9 mi · ▲ 653 ft
- Blue Dot Trail–Bridal Path Loop, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 903 ft
- Antietam Lake–Antietam Reservoir Trail, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft
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