White Clay Creek Preserve
Vaughn's Trail & Wendel Cassel Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Vaughn's Trail & Wendel Cassel Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in White Clay Creek Preserve near Great Good Place, DE. It climbs 321 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Vaughn's Trail & Wendel Cassel Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 136–340 ft
Out & Back · White Clay Creek Preserve
Trailhead: Wendel Cassel Trail · 39.75654, -75.75873
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start on Wendel Cassel Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto PennDel Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Wendel Cassel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Wendel Cassel Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Wendel Cassel Trail Trailhead
- PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail & Wendel Cassel Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail–PennDel Trail, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 167 ft
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