North Field & Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red) via North Field Loop (Green) is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Wexford, PA. The route reaches North Field. It climbs 470 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,017 – 1,266 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Skyline Trail (Green) 40.62426, -80.03749
Nearest town Wexford, PA
Directions
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North Field & Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red) via North Field Loop (Green)
2.4 mi · ▲ 470 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,016–1,267 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Skyline Trail (Green) · 40.62426, -80.03749
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Field Loop (Green), heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading E.
- 0.2 miPass North Field.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto North Field Loop (Green), heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right onto North Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Pond Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red), heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Crow's Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach North Field, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Crow's Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto North Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto North Field Loop (Green), heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Field Loop (Green), heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
51% dirt32% grass17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Skyline Trail (Green) Trailhead
- Pigeon Field Trail (Walter's Field) (White) via North Field Loop (Green) 2 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Marshall Lake & Rachel Carson Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 659 ft
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