Blue Trail–Rachel Carson Trail, 3 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Blue Trail–Rachel Carson Trail, 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Wildwood, PA. It climbs 554 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–Rachel Carson Trail, 3 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 941–1,215 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.60556, -80.00648
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red / Brown Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Rachel Carson Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White / Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Red / Brown Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rachel Carson Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 269 ft
- Red / Blue Dot Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- North Park Meadow Overlook via Red / Blue Dot Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- Rachel Carson Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Blue Trail–Rachel Carson Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 480 ft
- (MTB 5 downhill)–Blue Trail, 6 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 621 ft
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