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Wayne's Woods–Baptist Road Loop, 5 sights is an 8.5-mile loop in Valley Forge National Historical Park near Valley Forge, PA. The route reaches Wayne's Woods. It climbs 625 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 338 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chapel Trail 40.10289, -75.45640
Nearest town Valley Forge, PA

Directions

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Wayne's Woods–Baptist Road Loop, 5 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 625 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 86–338 ft

Loop · Valley Forge National Historical Park

Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 40.10289, -75.45640

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Chapel Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Huntingdons Road, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Baptist Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miBear right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miPass Wayne's Woods.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 1 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 2.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mt. Joy Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

49% paved40% dirt6% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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