G-Up Pisgah & The Blue Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,081 ft · 6 hr 18 min
G-Up Pisgah & The Blue Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Hauto, PA. It climbs 2,081 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi883 – 1,480 ft · steepest grade: 30%16.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.84431, -75.89151
Nearest town Hauto, PA
Directions
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G-Up Pisgah & The Blue Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,081 ft · 6 hr 18 min
Elevation 883–1,480 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.84431, -75.89151
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear right onto UTV Trails, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto To Blue Heaven, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Blue Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto G-Up Pisgah, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach G-Up Pisgah, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto The Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto To Blue Heaven, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto UTV Trails, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
34% dirt66% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.3 mi in (~150 min). Leave by 4:41 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- UTV Trails 2.7 mi · ▲ 721 ft
- UTV Trails 3.1 mi · ▲ 341 ft
- UTV Trails Loop 4 mi · ▲ 637 ft
- UTV Trails 4.6 mi · ▲ 810 ft
- UTV Trails 5.6 mi · ▲ 895 ft
- UTV Trails 5.9 mi · ▲ 871 ft
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