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Duff Park

Vixen Pond–Lower Farm Pond, 4 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 597 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Vixen Pond–Lower Farm Pond, 4 lakes is a 5-mile out-and-back in Duff Park near Murrysville, PA. The route passes Vixen Pond and Lower Farm Pond before reaching Upper Farm Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 597 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi899 – 1,263 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Westmoreland Heritage Trail 40.42479, -79.69532
Nearest town Murrysville, PA
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Vixen Pond–Lower Farm Pond, 4 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 597 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 899–1,263 ft

Out & Back · Duff Park

Trailhead: Westmoreland Heritage Trail · 40.42479, -79.69532

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Westmoreland Heritage Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 250 ftSharp right onto Funk Bikeway, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Forbes Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miPass Vixen Pond.
  8. 250 ftBear right onto Duff-Pleasant Valley Connector, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miPass Lower Farm Pond.
  11. 50 ftPass Upper Farm Pond.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hank's Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 200 ftReach Vixen Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Duff-Pleasant Valley Connector, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Forbes Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Funk Bikeway, heading W.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftTurn left onto Westmoreland Heritage Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/vixen-pond-vixen-pond-out-back-7-lakes-8-km-83b7

Trail surface

62% dirt35% gravel1% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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