French Creek State Park
Williams Hill & Ridge Trail via Turtle Trail
5 mi · ▲ 710 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Williams Hill & Ridge Trail via Turtle Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Kulptown, PA. The route reaches Williams Hill. It climbs 710 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Williams Hill & Ridge Trail via Turtle Trail
5 mi · ▲ 710 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 601–1,003 ft
Out & Back · French Creek State Park
Trailhead: Boone Trail · 40.21653, -75.79877
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Boone Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Horse-Shoe and Boon Trails, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right onto Scotts Run Loop, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Turtle Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftPass Williams Hill.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Turtle Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Williams Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Turtle Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Scotts Run Loop, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Horse-Shoe and Boon Trails, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Boone Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Boone Trail Trailhead
- Horse-Shoe Trail 2 mi · ▲ 302 ft
- Horse-Shoe Trail 2 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Boone Trail & Kalmia Trail via Six Penny Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Scotts Run Lake–Boone Trail Loop, 4 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 271 ft
- Scotts Run Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 247 ft
- Scotts Run Loop 3.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft
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