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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto North Field Loop (Green), heading NE.
  3. 300 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading E.
  4. 0.2 miPass North Field.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto North Field Loop (Green), heading E.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 500 ftBear right onto North Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Pond Trail, heading S.
  12. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red), heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
  15. 500 ftBear left onto Crow's Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading W.
  17. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftReach North Field, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Crow's Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miBear right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
  21. 500 ftContinue straight onto Nature Access Trail (Braille Trail) (Red), heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading E.
  23. 400 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 100 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto North Trail, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  28. 450 ftTurn left onto North Field Loop (Green), heading E.
  29. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail (Green), heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto North Field Loop (Green), heading NE.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

51% dirt32% grass17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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