Orange Trail & Yellow / Black Dot Trail
4 mi · ▲ 431 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Orange Trail & Yellow / Black Dot Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Boyce Park near Center, PA. It climbs 431 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Orange Trail & Yellow / Black Dot Trail
4 mi · ▲ 431 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,040–1,194 ft
Out & Back · Boyce Park
Trailhead: Orange Trail · 40.45436, -79.74003
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 67° · precip 15% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange / White Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Orange / Yellow Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange / Brown Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow / Red Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Orange Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow / Red Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange / Brown Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Orange / Yellow Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange / White Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Orange Trail Trailhead
- Orange / White Dot Trail & Orange Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Orange / Brown Dot Trail–White / Black Dot Trail, 7 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 480 ft
- Orange / Brown Dot Trail–White / Black Dot Trail, 7 sights 5 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Blue / Red Dot Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Blue Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 7 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 631 ft
- Blue / Red Dot Trail–Orange / Brown Dot Trail, 8 sights 8 mi · ▲ 836 ft
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