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Settlers Cabin Park

Blue Trail / Red Trail–Green Trail, 7 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Blue Trail / Red Trail–Green Trail, 7 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Settlers Cabin Park near Gayly, PA. It climbs 753 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi971 – 1,253 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.43290, -80.15998
Nearest town Gayly, PA
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Blue Trail / Red Trail–Green Trail, 7 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 970–1,252 ft

Out & Back · Settlers Cabin Park

Trailhead: 40.43290, -80.15998

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail / Red Trail, heading SE.
  4. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left onto Waterfall Trail [Green], heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  8. 100 ftSharp left onto Waterfall Trail [Green], heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Trail / Green Trail, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftSharp right onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Settler's Cabin Park - Panhandle Trail Connector, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Old Red Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  19. 1.2 miReach Blue Trail / Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 1.2 miBear left onto Old Red Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.6 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading S.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Settler's Cabin Park - Panhandle Trail Connector, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Purple Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Trail / Green Trail, heading SE.
  29. 250 ftTurn right onto Waterfall Trail [Green], heading SE.
  30. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftSharp left onto Green Trail, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftBear right onto Waterfall Trail [Green], heading SE.
  33. 0.2 miSharp right onto Blue Trail / Red Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  36. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  37. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-trail-red-trail-green-trail-out-back-9-sights-12-km

Trail surface

89% dirt4% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:26 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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