Pennsylvania trails · Baker Trail
Baker Trail
A 133.5-mile point-to-point in Pennsylvania, with 1,024 ft of climbing. Reaches Sample Reservoir and other lake/summit destinations. Managed by Pennsylvania DCNR.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 12,340 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Sample Reservoir (lake)
- Mahoning Creek Lake (lake)
- Russell Hill (summit)
- Allegheny River Pool Five (lake)
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Getting there
Baker Trail access. 41.45398, -79.23431 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:13 a.m., the sun rises at 6:41 a.m. and sets at 7:52 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:20 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 10 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 133.5-mile route works out to roughly 49 h 57 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.