Marshall Lake & Rachel Carson Trail
4 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Marshall Lake & Rachel Carson Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Wexford, PA. The route reaches Marshall Lake. It climbs 596 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Marshall Lake & Rachel Carson Trail
4 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 991–1,201 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.61374, -80.02828
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Marshall Lake.
- 1 miTurn right onto Red / White Cap Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Marshall Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Red / White Cap Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- North Field & North Field Loop (Green) 2.1 mi · ▲ 458 ft
- Skyline Trail (Green) 2.2 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red)–Rachel Carson Trail, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 348 ft
- Marshall Lake–Blue Trail, 4 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,316 ft
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