AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Purple / Black Dot Trail & Purple Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Purple / Black Dot Trail & Purple Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Keown, PA. It climbs 463 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi968 – 1,253 ft · steepest grade: 29%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Green Trail 40.60195, -80.01257
Nearest town Keown, PA
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Purple / Black Dot Trail & Purple Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 463 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 968–1,255 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Green Trail · 40.60195, -80.01257

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Green Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Green / Black Dot Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Purple / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple / Black Dot Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.9 miReach Purple / Black Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple / Black Dot Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Green / Black Dot Trail, heading NE.
  17. 500 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/purple-black-dot-trail-purple-trail-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

78% dirt20% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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