Blue Trail & Contour Trail via Rachel Carson Trail
2 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 49 min
Blue Trail & Contour Trail via Rachel Carson Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Wildwood, PA. It climbs 315 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail & Contour Trail via Rachel Carson Trail
2 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 49 min
Elevation 934–1,240 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.59327, -79.97752
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 79°F / low 67° · precip 13% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Contour Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White / Brown Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old White / Red Dot Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 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 0.8 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- (MTB 5 downhill) & Contour Trail via White Trail 2 mi · ▲ 398 ft
- White / Green Dot Trail via Rachel Carson Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- North Park Meadow Overlook–North Park Lake, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- Contour Trail & Rachel Carson Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 529 ft
- Purple Trail & White / Green Dot Trail via Rachel Carson Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 796 ft
- North Park Lake–Rachel Carson Trail, 4 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 721 ft
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