100 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Sección 4.2 - De ruta PA-309 a Dan´s Pulpit y Hawk Mountain Road - Eckville Shelter
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.53 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,755 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,349 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,686 ft
- TrailRank
-
94
5
- Min elevation
- 528 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours
- Coordinates
- 1396
- Uploaded
- November 16, 2015
- Recorded
- November 2015
near Millers, Pennsylvania (United States)
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Stage 100
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 99 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA -Section 4.1 -Port Clinton to Pulpit Rock, Pinnacle, Hawk Mountain Rd -Eckville Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 101 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Section 3 - From Route PA-309 to The Knife Edge, Bake Oven Knob, to Lehigh Gap
Tour of section 4.2 of the Appalachian Trail (Appalachian Trail), passing through the state of Pennsylvania (United States), from north to south. From the PA-309 Blue Mountain Summit, to Hawk Mountain Road, next to Eckville Shelter.
We made the stage with a group of mountaineers of the Appalachian Mountain Club, with the excellent address of Barb Blythe, wearing the necessary orange vest, required by the state of Pennsylvania to be able to transit through forest and countryside areas, during the hunting season .
The stage starts from the parking lot of the AT located on PA-309, in the place known as Blue Mountain Summit, next to a well-known restaurant, and follows the crest of Blue Mountain, on land belonging to State Game Lands No. 217 and No. 106, through the counties of Schuykill, Lehigh and Berks.
The first four miles, approximately, up to the height of the Allentown Shelter, run on flat and stony ground, on a very wide and easy-to-walk path.
After the Allentown Shelter, we reach an area where the crest of the mountain is extraordinarily stony, and the main path of the AT runs parallel, south of it. There is the option, indicated with blue markers, of walking through the rocky area, and even the mountain ridge itself, through a route with large accumulation of rocks, sometimes with very pronounced edges, on one side and another of the north and south slopes of the mountain. The route is very little used, and preserves the mosses and lichens attached to the rock, where you can walk easily, although taking the necessary precautions. Already at the top of this rocky ridge, the whiteness of the limestone rock and the beautiful panoramic views to the north and south are strikingly striking. It is the area known as Tri-County Corner, because it is located at the intersection of Berks, Lehigh and Schuykill Counties.
We return to the main path, following the blue markers, and return to the very flat path, alternating with small stretches of rocks without difficulty.
On the way we find, to the south, a small detour to the place known as Balanced Rocks, with panoramic views to the south, and later the popular Dan's Pulpit, which takes its name from Daniel K. Hoch, veteran hiker, founder of the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club. From the great viewpoint of Dan´s Pulpit, there are also excellent panoramic views of ¨The Pinnacle¨ and the surrounding valleys.
After the Dan´s Pulpit, the AT reaches the intersection with the path that leads, towards the west, to the Hawk Mountain Santuary, a protected natural space, in which a large number of birds are found, especially hawks and eagles, and then descends gradually to a small creek and the intersection with Hawk Mountain Road, where we find parking space and, in the vicinity, the magnificent Eckville Shelter.
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 99 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA -Section 4.1 -Port Clinton to Pulpit Rock, Pinnacle, Hawk Mountain Rd -Eckville Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 101 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - PENNSYLVANIA - Section 3 - From Route PA-309 to The Knife Edge, Bake Oven Knob, to Lehigh Gap
Tour of section 4.2 of the Appalachian Trail (Appalachian Trail), passing through the state of Pennsylvania (United States), from north to south. From the PA-309 Blue Mountain Summit, to Hawk Mountain Road, next to Eckville Shelter.
We made the stage with a group of mountaineers of the Appalachian Mountain Club, with the excellent address of Barb Blythe, wearing the necessary orange vest, required by the state of Pennsylvania to be able to transit through forest and countryside areas, during the hunting season .
The stage starts from the parking lot of the AT located on PA-309, in the place known as Blue Mountain Summit, next to a well-known restaurant, and follows the crest of Blue Mountain, on land belonging to State Game Lands No. 217 and No. 106, through the counties of Schuykill, Lehigh and Berks.
The first four miles, approximately, up to the height of the Allentown Shelter, run on flat and stony ground, on a very wide and easy-to-walk path.
After the Allentown Shelter, we reach an area where the crest of the mountain is extraordinarily stony, and the main path of the AT runs parallel, south of it. There is the option, indicated with blue markers, of walking through the rocky area, and even the mountain ridge itself, through a route with large accumulation of rocks, sometimes with very pronounced edges, on one side and another of the north and south slopes of the mountain. The route is very little used, and preserves the mosses and lichens attached to the rock, where you can walk easily, although taking the necessary precautions. Already at the top of this rocky ridge, the whiteness of the limestone rock and the beautiful panoramic views to the north and south are strikingly striking. It is the area known as Tri-County Corner, because it is located at the intersection of Berks, Lehigh and Schuykill Counties.
We return to the main path, following the blue markers, and return to the very flat path, alternating with small stretches of rocks without difficulty.
On the way we find, to the south, a small detour to the place known as Balanced Rocks, with panoramic views to the south, and later the popular Dan's Pulpit, which takes its name from Daniel K. Hoch, veteran hiker, founder of the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club. From the great viewpoint of Dan´s Pulpit, there are also excellent panoramic views of ¨The Pinnacle¨ and the surrounding valleys.
After the Dan´s Pulpit, the AT reaches the intersection with the path that leads, towards the west, to the Hawk Mountain Santuary, a protected natural space, in which a large number of birds are found, especially hawks and eagles, and then descends gradually to a small creek and the intersection with Hawk Mountain Road, where we find parking space and, in the vicinity, the magnificent Eckville Shelter.
Waypoints
Car park
1,415 ft
Estacionamiento en el punto de salida, en la ruta PA-309, e inicio de la marcha
Parking at the point of departure, on route PA-309, and start of the march
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Intersection
1,308 ft
Intersección del AT con Fort Franklin Road
Intersección del AT con Fort Franklin Road
Fountain
Wilderness hut
Photo
1,586 ft
Tri-County Marker. Rocas. Cresta muy rocosa que discurre en paralelo al sendero
Tri-County Marker. Rocks Very rocky ridge that runs parallel to the path
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Photo
1,619 ft
Opcion lateral del AT, por la cresta rocosa
Opcion lateral del AT, por la cresta rocosa
Summit
1,651 ft
Cima de la cresta rocosa y vistas panorámicas al norte y al sur
Cima de la cresta rocosa y vistas panorámicas al norte y al sur
Intersection
1,593 ft
Tri-County Corner. Intersección de regreso al sendero principal, del recorrido por la cresta rocosa
Tri-County Corner. Intersection of return to the main footpath, of the route by the rocky crest
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Panorama
Intersection
1,396 ft
Intersección del AT con el sendero que conduce al Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Intersection of the AT with the path that leads to the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
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Bridge
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La pedregosa Pennsylvania (Rocksylvania). :-)
Magnífico recorrido. !Enhorabuena!