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Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze–Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze–Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Murrysville Community Park near Wiester, PA. It climbs 360 ft. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,043 – 1,280 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze 40.45328, -79.62061
Nearest town Wiester, PA
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Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze–Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, 4 sights

4 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,042–1,280 ft

Out & Back · Murrysville Community Park

Trailhead: Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze · 40.45328, -79.62061

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 250 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Kitkat Trail, heading NE.
  6. 500 ftTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miReach Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Kitkat Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze, heading NE.
  16. 350 ftArrive 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-4-sights-6-km

Trail surface

56% dirt6% gravel1% boardwalk37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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