Mount Penn Preserve
Blue Dot Trail & Blue Trail
2 mi · ▲ 426 ft · 53 min
Blue Dot Trail & Blue Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mount Penn Preserve near Hampden Heights, PA. It climbs 426 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Dot Trail & Blue Trail
2 mi · ▲ 426 ft · 53 min
Elevation 522–920 ft
Out & Back · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.35790, -75.90302
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Bridal Path, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bridal Path, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- White Trail 2 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Bridal Path 2.3 mi · ▲ 424 ft
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