AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Raccoon Creek State Park

Heritage Trail [Blue] & X-C Ski Trail [White]

6.7 mi · ▲ 845 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Heritage Trail [Blue] & X-C Ski Trail [White] is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Raccoon Creek State Park near Murdocksville, PA. It climbs 845 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi876 – 1,191 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Heritage Trail [Blue] 40.50637, -80.37912
Nearest town Murdocksville, PA
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Heritage Trail [Blue] & X-C Ski Trail [White]

6.7 mi · ▲ 845 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 877–1,191 ft

Out & Back · Raccoon Creek State Park

Trailhead: Heritage Trail [Blue] · 40.50637, -80.37912

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Heritage Trail [Blue], heading SE.
  2. 2.7 miTurn right onto X-C Ski Trail [White], heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miReach Heritage Trail [Blue], then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left onto Heritage Trail [Blue], heading SE.
  5. 2.7 miArrive 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/x-c-ski-trail-white-out-back-7-km-bcca

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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