Birdsboro Waters
Trap Rock & Birdsboro Reservoir via Haycreek Road
2.6 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Trap Rock & Birdsboro Reservoir via Haycreek Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Birdsboro Waters near Trap Rock, PA. The route passes Trap Rock before reaching Birdsboro Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 516 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Trap Rock & Birdsboro Reservoir via Haycreek Road
2.6 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 244–547 ft
Out & Back · Birdsboro Waters
Trailhead: Cocalico Double Track · 40.25199, -75.83309
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cocalico Double Track, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Air Time, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Raider's Revenge, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Air Time, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftPass Trap Rock.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Haycreek Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Birdsboro Reservoir.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Trap Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Air Time, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Raider's Revenge, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Air Time, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cocalico Double Track, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cocalico Double Track Trailhead
- Acoustic Rave–Up and Over Loop, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 455 ft
- Mr Driggs–Raider's Revenge, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- Logging In and Out via Cocalico Double Track 2.3 mi · ▲ 413 ft
- Long Mountain–Trap Rock, 3 summits 3.9 mi · ▲ 813 ft
- Trap Rock–Hopewell Lake, 5 lakes 11.3 mi · ▲ 1,629 ft
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