Blue / Red Dot Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 8 sights
8 mi · ▲ 836 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Blue / Red Dot Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 8 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Boyce Park near Center, PA. It climbs 836 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blue / Red Dot Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 8 sights
8 mi · ▲ 836 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,040–1,304 ft
Out & Back · Boyce Park
Trailhead: Orange Trail · 40.45436, -79.74003
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 15% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange / White Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Orange / Yellow Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange / Brown Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow / Red Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Yellow / Black Dot / Yellow Cap Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow / Black Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto White / Black Dot Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto White / Red Dot, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail (Green Trail Loop), heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto White Trail (Green Trail Loop), heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto White / White Dot / White Cap Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail (Green Trail Loop), heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto White Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue / Yellow Cap Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Blue / Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue / Blue Cap Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White / Blue Dot Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue / Yellow Dot Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto White / Blue Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White / Red Dot, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White / Black Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow / Black Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Yellow / Blue Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Yellow / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow / Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange / Brown Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Orange / Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange / White Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:23 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Orange Trail Trailhead
- Orange / White Dot Trail & Orange Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Orange Trail & Yellow / Black Dot Trail 4 mi · ▲ 431 ft
- Orange / Brown Dot Trail–White / Black Dot Trail, 7 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 480 ft
- Orange / Brown Dot Trail–White / Black Dot Trail, 7 sights 5 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Blue / Red Dot Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Blue Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 7 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 631 ft
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