Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 5 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Spruce Swamp Natural Area near Pleasant View Summit, PA. It climbs 815 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,627 – 1,939 ft16.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Choke Creek Nature Trail 41.20041, -75.63171
Nearest town Pleasant View Summit, PA
Directions
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Birchstill Trail–Butler Run Trail, 5 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 815 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,627–1,940 ft
Out & Back · Spruce Swamp Natural Area
Trailhead: Choke Creek Nature Trail · 41.20041, -75.63171
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pinchot Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Choke Creek Cabin ROW, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pinchot Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Birchstill Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sunday Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Bear Lake Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Choke Creek Cabin ROW, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sunday Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Birchstill Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Keller's Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Butler Run Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pinchot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Choke Creek Cabin ROW, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Pinchot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Choke Creek Nature Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
88% dirt6% grass6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Choke Creek Nature Trail Trailhead
- Choke Creek Cabin ROW via Pinchot Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Thirsty Hill Trail via Pinchot Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Pinchot Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Pinchot Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Boundary Line Trail via Pinchot Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Bear Swamp Trail & Frank Gantz Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 385 ft
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