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Murrysville Community Park

Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze & Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze & Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Murrysville Community Park near Franklin, PA. It climbs 554 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,102 – 1,293 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail 40.46023, -79.63805
Nearest town Franklin, PA
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Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze & Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 1,101–1,292 ft

Out & Back · Murrysville Community Park

Trailhead: Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail · 40.46023, -79.63805

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 76°F / low 65° · precip 13% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miSharp right onto Red Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miReach Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 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/don-harrison-trail-blue-blaze-don-harrison-trail-blue-trail-out-back-3-sights-6-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 76°F65°
Precip13%Wind3 mphUV6Humidity91%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:51 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:46 PM
Sun 74°58°
Mon 78°53°
Tue 80°55°
Wed 87°61° 43%
Thu 80°59° 43%
Fri 72°53° 16%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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