Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point–Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Hamburg Reservoir Watershed near Drehersville, PA. The route passes Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Viewpoint and Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point. It climbs 3,432 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point–Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Viewpoint, 7 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 3,432 ft · 6 hr 37 min
Elevation 503–1,588 ft
Out & Back · Hamburg Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 40.62883, -76.01141
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Pinnacle Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Furnace Creek Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miPass Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Reservoir Road, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Valley Rim Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Pulpit Rock Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pulpit Rock Trail (Blue Trail), heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Pinnacle Trail (Yellow Trail), heading E.
- 50 ftReach Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left onto Pulpit Rock Trail (Blue Trail), heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Pulpit Rock Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Valley Rim Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Road, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Valley Rim Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Furnace Creek Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pinnacle Trail / Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail 8 mi · ▲ 1,594 ft
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,681 ft
- Pinnacle Trail & fire break 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,899 ft
- Appalachian Trail via Appalachian National Scenic Trail 9 mi · ▲ 1,879 ft
- Lycoming Trail–Old Fire Tower Road, 3 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,550 ft
- Rattlesnake Trail (snowmobile) Sunset Point–Blue Trail Loop, 5 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,015 ft
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