Yellow Creek Lake–Billy Goat Trail, 4 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Yellow Creek State Park near Rico, PA. The route reaches Yellow Creek Lake. It climbs 551 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,266 – 1,480 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.57187, -79.04008
Nearest town Rico, PA
Directions
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Yellow Creek Lake–Billy Goat Trail, 4 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,267–1,479 ft
Out & Back · Yellow Creek State Park
Trailhead: 40.57187, -79.04008
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Billy Goat Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Damsite Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftPass Yellow Creek Lake.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Damsite Loop Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Damsite Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Damsite Loop Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Damsite Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Yellow Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Damsite Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Damsite Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Damsite Loop Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Damsite Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto Billy Goat Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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