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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftPass Hopewell Lake.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Boone Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftPass Williams Hill.
- 0.8 miReach Williams Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Boone Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hopewell Big Woods Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Clement Brooke Lane, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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