Mount Penn Preserve
Blue Trail Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 51 min
Blue Trail Loop is a 1.9-mile loop in Mount Penn Preserve near College Heights, PA. It climbs 420 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Trail Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 51 min
Elevation 507–917 ft
Loop · Mount Penn Preserve
Trailhead: 40.36574, -75.89939
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bridal Path, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Lavender Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftThe loop closes 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 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 this trailhead
- Bridal Path Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Bridal Path 2.7 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- Sting Like a Bee & Vietnam 2.9 mi · ▲ 653 ft
- Spuhler Lane via Tower Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Blue Dot Trail–Bridal Path Loop, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 903 ft
- Antietam Lake–Antietam Reservoir Trail, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft
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