Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Waterfall & White Birches Trail via Pink Floyd Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 766 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Waterfall & White Birches Trail via Pink Floyd Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Mount Cobb, PA. It climbs 766 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Waterfall & White Birches Trail via Pink Floyd Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 766 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,801–2,230 ft
Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain
Trailhead: 41.42670, -75.50518
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Pink Floyd Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Waterfall, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto White Birches Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach White Birches Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Waterfall, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pink Floyd Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Pink Floyd Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 420 ft
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