AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

State Game Lands Number 211

The General–Cold Spring Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 2 hr 53 min

The General–Cold Spring Trail, 4 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 211 near Fort Indiantown Gap, PA. The route reaches The General. It climbs 840 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 1,453 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Coldspring Road 40.47746, -76.62651
Nearest town Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
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The General–Cold Spring Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 771–1,454 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 211

Trailhead: Coldspring Road · 40.47746, -76.62651

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Coldspring Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miBear left onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sand Springs Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miReach The General, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading S.
  7. 2.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Springs Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left onto Stony Creek Rail Trail, heading SE.
  9. 2.3 miTurn right onto Cold Spring Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 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/the-general-cold-spring-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

49% dirt1% gravel50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:34 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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