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Hartwood Acres

Purple Blazed Trail & Red Trail

3 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Purple Blazed Trail & Red Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Hartwood Acres near Dorseyville, PA. It climbs 442 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,024 – 1,312 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail] 40.57118, -79.90964
Nearest town Dorseyville, PA
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Purple Blazed Trail & Red Trail

3 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 1,023–1,312 ft

Out & Back · Hartwood Acres

Trailhead: Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail] · 40.57118, -79.90964

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 77°F / low 66° · precip 12% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail], heading NW.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Green Loop Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 200 ftSharp right onto Purple/Red Trail, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading E.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading S.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Purple/Red Blazed Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.6 miReach Purple Blazed Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.6 miBear right onto Purple/Red Blazed Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading NE.
  23. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  24. 150 ftBear right onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading N.
  25. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  28. 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 150 ftTurn right onto Green Loop Trail, heading NE.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right onto Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail], heading W.
  34. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  35. 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-blazed-trail-red-trail-out-back-5-km-ece7

Trail surface

94% dirt5% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 77°F66°
Precip12%Wind2 mphUV5Humidity96%
Rained 2.5″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:52 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:47 PM
Sun 73°60°
Mon 77°52°
Tue 81°54°
Wed 86°62° 47%
Thu 79°58° 47%
Fri 71°51°

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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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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