Orange Trail
4 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Orange Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Keown, PA. It climbs 561 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi968 – 1,201 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange / Blue Cap Trail 40.60264, -80.01522
Nearest town Keown, PA
Directions
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Orange Trail
4 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 968–1,201 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Orange / Blue Cap Trail · 40.60264, -80.01522
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange / Blue Cap Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Green / White Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Green / Black Dot Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Green / Black Dot Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Green / White Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Orange / Blue Cap Trail, heading W.
- 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
76% dirt17% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Orange / Blue Cap Trail Trailhead
- Orange Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Purple Trail via Orange Trail 4 mi · ▲ 561 ft
- Orange Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 402 ft
- Red / Blue Dot Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 633 ft
- Rachel Carson Trail 6 mi · ▲ 664 ft
- Orange Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 660 ft
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