Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Sunnyside Resevoir–Mud Dam, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,057 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Sunnyside Resevoir–Mud Dam, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Marshwood, PA. The route passes Mud Dam before reaching Sunnyside Resevoir at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,057 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sunnyside Resevoir–Mud Dam, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,057 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,162–2,057 ft
Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Trailhead: Nature Preserve · 41.43929, -75.54019
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nature Preserve, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Power Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Sunnyside Resevoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Mud Dam.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto High Voltage, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Nature Preserve, heading E.
- 0.8 miArrive 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 1.9 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Nature Preserve Trailhead
- Power Line Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Mud Dam–High Voltage, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,136 ft
- Olyphant Reservoir Number 2–High Voltage, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 976 ft
- Bruised Ego via Nature Preserve 1.9 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Blueberry Trail–Power Line Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 493 ft
- Blueberry Viewpoint–Blueberry Trail, 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 530 ft
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