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Salt Springs State Park

The Salt Spring–Salt Springs Loop, 11 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 748 ft · 1 hr 52 min

The Salt Spring–Salt Springs Loop, 11 sights is a 4.5-mile loop in Salt Springs State Park near Franklin Forks, PA. The route passes Salt Springs, The Salt Spring and A Very Old Barn. It climbs 748 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,148 – 1,536 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gorge Trail (blue) 41.91166, -75.86551
Nearest town Franklin Forks, PA
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The Salt Spring–Salt Springs Loop, 11 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 748 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 1,150–1,534 ft

Loop · Salt Springs State Park

Trailhead: Gorge Trail (blue) · 41.91166, -75.86551

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Gorge Trail (blue), heading S.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Hemlock Trail (white), heading E.
  3. 0.3 miPass Salt Springs.
  4. 400 ftPass A Very Old Barn.
  5. 350 ftReach The Salt Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftBear right onto Hardwood Trail (yellow), heading E.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Friends Trail (white), heading S.
  8. 0.8 miBear right onto Bunny Trail (orange), heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Fall Brook Trail (red), heading W.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Wetland Trail (blue), heading N.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto Border Trail (blue), heading SW.
  12. 500 ftBear right onto Spruce Trail (White), heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftBear right onto Meadow Trail (yellow), heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miSharp left onto Silver Creek Trail (red), heading NW.
  17. 1 miThe 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/the-salt-spring-loop

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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