GW5 Short - 3.2 Miles (known as 3.1 miles in the past)
Start at green gate...follow Main Road
...left onto trail at C4-1 No Grid sign. Distance to turn (1.74 mi) On right opposite the path is a brown Pennybrook sign.
...left at next trail intersection
...right back on the Main Road at C4-3
...follow Main Road back to start/finish
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GW5 Long (4.86 mi) (Yes there will be stairs and smashed quads)
Start at green gate...follow Main R oad for approx..2 miles
...left at Foxrock Rd C5-5 (2.05 mi) No grid marker.. orange blazes on Fox Rock Rd.
...right onto Dungeon Rd C5-3
...right onto trail at C6-3 (2.86 mi) Blue blazes from here to C6-2. There is an unmarked intersection perhaps 30 yards from the fire road, continue straight downhill.
...left at C6-2 Green blazes from here to C7-2. There is also a sign for "Loop Trail" pointing right at C6-2. Turn left at this sign.
...left at C7-2 onto Waycross Rd. (3.15 mi) orange blazes on Waycross Rd.
...left at D7-3 to Dungeon Rock (up the stairs) Blue blazes on Dungeon Rock Trail. There are a couple of trail branches through here. The trail winds up a set of steps. It then splits into two separate staircases. Take the steps on the right. At the top of the hill continue straight ahead on the rocky path, avoiding any side trails.
...left at D7-1 onto Dungeon Rd
...right at Cooke Rd C7-1 orange blazes back to GWR
...follow road over Stone Tower hill then back to start/finish
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PB Short – Trail (Mini-Tour) June 29-July 12
3.59 Miles – Pennybrook Side Trail 72% Fire Road 28%
The miles in parentheses is from the start. These were wheel measured. Your GPS might differ. The miles in combination with description can be helpful.
We are allowed to mark the Mini-Tours. Small subtle orange markers.
MARKERS MAY BE MISSING. HIKERS REMOVE THEM.
KNOW THE EXPECTED INTERSECTIONS! MOST HAVE GRID SIGNS. COMPARE WITH THESE DIRECTIONS!
START:-Green Gate start... Pennybrook to
Left B6-4 (2 markers)
Right next intersection (2 markers) This is B6-5 on map but the grid sign is missing.
Straight at B6-3 (marker) ahead. DO NOT TURN RIGHT ! (0.64 mi)
Straight B5-4 (0.97 mi) (marker) ahead. DO NOT TURN LEFT!
Next Left B5-2 (2 markers) (1.18 mi) DO NOT GO STRAIGHT!
Bear left B5-1 (2 markers) You will be returning to this intersection from another path later on.
Right B4-1 Waldon Pond Rd (1.64 mi) Cannot miss. Waldon Pond Rd is at end of path.
Right at trail 10 yards after Pillar. No grid attributed to this intersect. It does appear on older maps. (1.78 mi)
Straight at wide granite open space. Trail continues on right side. (marker) ahead. Careful! Steep down hill. Soon you will pass B5-1 as mentioned earlier. You will see 2 markers that were for you earlier. They are not for you now.
Left B5-2 at the T
Right B5-3 (2 markers) about 40 yards after B5-2 DO NOT GO STRAIGHT!
Straight B6-6 (2.33 mi) DO NOT GO LEFT! (marker) ahead.
Straight large rock opening . Go straight by tree. (marker) ahead.
Left B6-3 (2 markers) (2.56 mi) at the T
Straight This is B6-5 on map but the grid sign is missing. Do not turn left or right! (marker) ahead.
Shortly after there appears a Y. DO NOT GO LEFT! Follow blue trail to the right.
Bear right at B7-5 (marker) ahead.
bear left B7-3
left B7-2 (2 markers)
right B7-1 (2 markers) Hairpin turn! 0n Pennybrook Rd
FINISH Green Gate
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VIRTUAL - PB Long
5.57 Miles – Pennybrook Side 90% Fire Road 10% Trail
PB-path-Goat Path-Dungeon-GW-Cooke-path-Dungeon-GW-turns into Pennybrook-Waycross-path-Pennybrook-Finish
The miles in parentheses is from the start. These were wheel measured. Your GPS might differ. The miles in combination with description can be helpful.
START:
PB long -Green Gate start…Follow Pennybrook to
Right on path C4-1 (1.21mi) Some 500 meters beyond Fox Rock. The blue grid sign is missing. On the left of the fire road there is a brown Pennybrook sign. On the opposite side is the path (Blue trail).
Right C4-4 at top of climb This will take you to the lower end of the Goat Path.
You will see the Goat Path sign on the right. Take the
Right Up the right up the Goat Path. The trail turns to (Green). Keep going
Straight to end of Goat Path (1.58 mi) and then
Left Dungeon Road. Sometimes in this area called the Middle Road.
Right at bottom of Middle Road (Greatwoods).
Right Cooke Road- brown sign- E6-1 (2.28 mi) Up the very mean hill. Yes,
you may curse.
Right D6-3 path about 300 meters after Stone Tower. (2.68 mi) Flooded path. Watch the first few yards. It drops sharply.
Bypass on left about 10 meters before the water. Path is parallel
to water. Downed rotted trees, worn path. etc. You might have
seen this running in the opposite direction.
Right C6-1 Dungeon Road. Also called Middle Road. Follow until the end and then take a
Left on Greatwoods. D5-7 (3.46 mi)
Left on Waycross (5.19 mi)
Right on Green path C7-7. This the extension of Undercliff. About 500
Meters after turning down Waycross.
Left on Pennybrook Finish at gate.