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Prophecy Creek Park

Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector & Wings Field Trail via Highlands Loop

3.3 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector & Wings Field Trail via Highlands Loop is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Prophecy Creek Park near Greystone Manor, PA. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 302 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Highlands Loop 40.13841, -75.23190
Nearest town Greystone Manor, PA
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Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector & Wings Field Trail via Highlands Loop

3.3 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 223–301 ft

Out & Back · Prophecy Creek Park

Trailhead: Highlands Loop · 40.13841, -75.23190

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start on Highlands Loop, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Farm Trail, heading NW.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wings Field Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miReach Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Willow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector, heading S.
  23. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Farm Trail, heading SE.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  26. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right onto Highlands Loop, heading SW.
  29. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/willow-lake-prophecy-creek-connector-wings-field-trail-out-back-via-highlands-loop

Trail surface

69% grass22% paved1% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM — 1 min before dark.

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