Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area
Blue Marsh Lake via Lake Border Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Blue Marsh Lake via Lake Border Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area near Brownsville, PA. The route reaches Blue Marsh Lake. It climbs 260 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Blue Marsh Lake via Lake Border Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 291–413 ft
Out & Back · Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 40.36986, -76.08017
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 67° · precip 9% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake Border Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miPass Blue Marsh Lake.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Skinners Loop, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Blue Marsh Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Lake Border Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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