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Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze)–Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 52 min

Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze)–Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in South Park near Piney Fork, PA. It climbs 472 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi965 – 1,227 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze) 40.30324, -79.99770
Nearest town Piney Fork, PA
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Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze)–Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], 3 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 52 min

Elevation 964–1,227 ft

Out & Back · South Park

Trailhead: Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze) · 40.30324, -79.99770

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading NW.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], heading W.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 250 ftBear left onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading SW.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [uphill] (Yellow Blaze), heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto Over The Top of Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto South Park Montour Trail Connector, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miReach Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Over The Top of Fairgrounds Trail [White / Red Dot], heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [uphill] (Yellow Blaze), heading NE.
  12. 150 ftBear right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Fairgrounds Connector [White / Red Dot], heading NE.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Fairgrounds Loop Trail [White / Red Dot], heading NW.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Fairgrounds Flow Trail [downhill] (Yellow Blaze), heading NW.
  17. 150 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/fairgrounds-flow-trail-downhill-yellow-blaze-fairgrounds-loop-trail-white-red-dot-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

57% gravel43% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Piney Fork, Pennsylvania