French Creek State Park
Turtle Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Turtle Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Cold Run, PA. It climbs 466 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi535 – 846 ft4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.18584, -75.82694
Nearest town Cold Run, PA
Directions
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Turtle Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 534–847 ft
Out & Back · French Creek State Park
Trailhead: 40.18584, -75.82694
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Turtle Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miReach Turtle Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
65% dirt35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM
More from this trailhead
- Turtle Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Turtle Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 384 ft
- Horse-Shoe & Ridge Trail via Turtle Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 470 ft
- Baptism Creek Spring–Old Tulip Poplar, 7 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 861 ft
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