Tumbling Waters–Pickerel Pond, 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Tumbling Waters–Pickerel Pond, 5 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Delaware, PA. The route passes Thoma Pond and Pickerel Pond before reaching Tumbling Waters at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 520 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi515 – 853 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Campus Drive 41.17095, -74.91400
Nearest town Delaware, PA
Directions
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Tumbling Waters–Pickerel Pond, 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 517–853 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Campus Drive · 41.17095, -74.91400
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Two Ponds Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Thoma Pond.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Tumbling Waters Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Pickerel Pond.
- 0.8 miReach Tumbling Waters, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Two Ponds Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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