Mount Penn Preserve

Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam Loop

2.9 mi · ▲ 639 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam Loop is a 2.9-mile loop in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. It climbs 639 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36067, -75.90125
Nearest town Hampden Heights, PA

Directions

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Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam Loop

2.9 mi · ▲ 639 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 506–1,074 ft

Loop · Mount Penn Preserve

Trailhead: 40.36067, -75.90125

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 300 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.8 miSharp right onto Vietnam, heading S.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sting Like a Bee, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftSharp left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading SW.
  12. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 300 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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.

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