Green Loop Trail & Red / White Dot Blazed Trail Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 43 min
Green Loop Trail & Red / White Dot Blazed Trail Loop is a 1.9-mile loop in Hartwood Acres near Dorseyville, PA. It is mostly level, with 178 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Green Loop Trail & Red / White Dot Blazed Trail Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 43 min
Elevation 1,103–1,312 ft
Loop · Hartwood Acres
Trailhead: Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail] · 40.57118, -79.90964
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 77°F / low 66° · precip 12% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail], heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Green Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Green Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Green Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Hartwood Acres, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue / White Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Blue Blazed Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail], heading E.
- 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:15 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail] Trailhead
- Purple Blazed Trail & Red Trail 3 mi · ▲ 442 ft
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