French Creek State Park

Williams Hill–Hopewell Lake, 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Williams Hill–Hopewell Lake, 5 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Pine Swamp, PA. The route passes Hopewell Lake and Williams Hill. It climbs 742 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 1,004 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.20319, -75.77367
Nearest town Pine Swamp, PA

Directions

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Williams Hill–Hopewell Lake, 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 473–1,003 ft

Out & Back · French Creek State Park

Trailhead: 40.20319, -75.77367

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading N.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
  4. 250 ftBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftPass Hopewell Lake.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right onto Boone Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftPass Williams Hill.
  16. 0.8 miReach Williams Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Boone Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miTurn left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miBear right onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading E.
  25. 250 ftBear right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
  27. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading N.
  28. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

73% dirt2% gravel25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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