Upper Bucks Rail Trail & Veteran's Park
3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Upper Bucks Rail Trail & Veteran's Park is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Shelly, PA. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Bucks Rail Trail & Veteran's Park
3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 508–567 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.47918, -75.37267
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Bucks Rail Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Veteran's Park, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Upper Bucks Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Upper Bucks Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Highlands Trail & Upper Bucks Rail Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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