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.
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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
- Start on Chapel Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Huntingdons Road, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Baptist Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Wayne's Woods.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mt. Joy Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Joseph Plumb Martin Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chapel Trail Trailhead
- Horse-Shoe Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Mt. Misery Trail via Horse-Shoe Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 471 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 472 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 491 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 583 ft
- Chapel Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 267 ft
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