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White Clay Creek Preserve

Wendel Cassel Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Wendel Cassel Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in White Clay Creek Preserve near Landenberg, PA. It climbs 310 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi135 – 338 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Vaughn's Trail 39.76694, -75.76700
Nearest town Landenberg, PA
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Wendel Cassel Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 136–337 ft

Out & Back · White Clay Creek Preserve

Trailhead: Vaughn's Trail · 39.76694, -75.76700

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on White Clay Creek Preserve, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left onto Wendel Cassel Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.6 miReach Wendel Cassel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto PennDel Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto PennDel Trail / Mason-Dixon Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftArrive 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/wendel-cassel-trail-wendel-cassel-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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