Green Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 5 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 543 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Green Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 5 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Boyce Park near Center, PA. It climbs 543 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Green Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 5 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 543 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 1,040–1,210 ft
Out & Back · Boyce Park
Trailhead: Green / Yelllow Cap Trail · 40.47574, -79.74869
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 13% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start on Green / Yelllow Cap Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto White / Red Dot, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto White / Black Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow / Black Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow / Black Dot / Yellow Cap Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow / Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Orange / Brown Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Orange / Yellow Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange / White Dot Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miReach Green Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Orange / Yellow Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange / Brown Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow / Red Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Yellow / Black Dot / Yellow Cap Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow / Black Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto White / Black Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto White / Red Dot, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Green / Yelllow Cap Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 3.0 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Green / Yelllow Cap Trail Trailhead
- Boyce Park Sunset Point–Green Trail, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Green Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 8 sights 4 mi · ▲ 440 ft
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