Orange Loop Trail via Blue Blazed Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 56 min
Orange Loop Trail via Blue Blazed Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Hartwood Acres near Bryant, PA. It climbs 281 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Orange Loop Trail via Blue Blazed Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 56 min
Elevation 1,129–1,312 ft
Out & Back · Hartwood Acres
Trailhead: Hartwood Acres · 40.56986, -79.91723
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 77°F / low 66° · precip 12% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Blue Blazed Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Green Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Purple/Red Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Orange Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail], heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Blazed Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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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.
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