AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

The Race Course

2.9 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 20 min

The Race Course is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Harding, PA. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi617 – 1,227 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.34645, -75.80401
Nearest town Harding, PA
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The Race Course

2.9 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 617–1,227 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.34645, -75.80401

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Race Course, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 500 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  19. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftArrive 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-race-course-out-back-5-km-88d4

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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