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Pennsylvania · Rock climbing · Manor Township · Near Elizabethtown
0.5 Sunset Wall
- 10 routes
- 5.6 – 5.11
- Sport · Trad · Top Rope
- Apr, Jun
- best months
0.5 Sunset Wall is a climbing area in Pennsylvania, set within the Manor Township Rail-Trail Acquisition on city land. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with 1.0 Spectator Wall about 0.3 miles away and Trailside and Balcony Rock within a mile. The area has 10 routes, mostly sport climbs with a few top rope and trad options. Grades run from 5.6 up to 5.11, with Kettle Face and Lover's Leap at 5.10a and I am Groot at 5.11. Tequila Sunset and Viridescent Crack are the easier sport routes at 5.6 and 5.7. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from the nearby Safe Harbor Dam weather station show May highs around 72°F and September highs around 77°F, with July peaking near 87°F. Turkey Hill Trail is a hike about 0.6 miles away, and the Pequea Trolley Trail is roughly 8 miles off. Paddlers can reach the Conestoga Water Trail about 10 miles away.
Around this trail
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On your way back · 3 mi
If it rainsShumphrey-nawcc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHorology museum in Pennsylvania, USA
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More in Elizabethtown- 1.0 Spectator WallRock climbing0.3 mi
- Turkey Hill TrailHiking0.6 mi
- TrailsideRock climbing0.7 mi
- xMann's RunRock climbing0.9 mi
- Balcony RockRock climbing0.9 mi
- Pequea Trolley TrailHiking7.9 mi
- Mason-Dixon TrailHiking9.1 mi
- Conestoga Water TrailCanoeing9.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- 1.0 Spectator WallRock climbing · Next door
- TrailsideRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- xMann's RunRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Balcony RockRock climbing · ~2 min drive
- 2.0 International AreaRock climbing · ~2 min drive
- Safe Harbor NorthRock climbing · ~3 min drive
- 2.5 Alpine Wall (aka tall wall)Rock climbing · ~3 min drive
- 3.0 Euro WallRock climbing · ~4 min drive
- Glen EchoRock climbing · ~4 min drive
- MDT/Otter Creek to Shanks MareRock climbing · ~4 min drive
Best time to visit 0.5 Sunset Wall
Best months: April, June and August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
39° / 25°
11 wet · 3 snow
Feb
41° / 26°
10 wet · 3 snow
Mar
49° / 33°
11 wet · 1 snow
Apr
63° / 44°
11 wet
May
72° / 53°
13 wet
Jun
82° / 63°
11 wet
Jul
87° / 68°
11 wet
Aug
84° / 66°
10 wet
Sep
77° / 59°
9 wet
Oct
65° / 48°
9 wet
Nov
53° / 38°
9 wet
Dec
44° / 30°
11 wet · 1 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Safe Harbor Dam, PA, 4.4 mi away at 195 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
