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White Clay Creek Preserve

Vaughn's Trail via PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Vaughn's Trail via PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in White Clay Creek Preserve near Great Good Place, DE. It is mostly level, with 201 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi121 – 341 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yeatman Station Road 39.74886, -75.77219
Nearest town Great Good Place, DE
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Vaughn's Trail via PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 123–340 ft

Out & Back · White Clay Creek Preserve

Trailhead: Yeatman Station Road · 39.74886, -75.77219

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yeatman Station Road, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto PennDel Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miBear right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto PennDel Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miReach Vaughn's Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.2 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yeatman Station Road, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/vaughns-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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