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Hartwood Acres

Purple Blazed Trail–Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Purple Blazed Trail–Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, 3 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Hartwood Acres near Bryant, PA. It climbs 637 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,024 – 1,306 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.57027, -79.92526
Nearest town Bryant, PA
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Purple Blazed Trail–Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, 3 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 1,023–1,307 ft

Out & Back · Hartwood Acres

Trailhead: 40.57027, -79.92526

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Blazed Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue / White Dot Trail, heading S.
  7. 250 ftSharp left onto Hartwood Acres, heading S.
  8. 50 ftSharp right onto Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Green Loop Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
  14. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 250 ftSharp right onto Purple/Red Trail, heading E.
  17. 250 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading E.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple/Red Blazed Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miReach Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.6 miBear right onto Purple/Red Blazed Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading N.
  26. 100 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
  27. 450 ftContinue straight onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading N.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftBear right onto Purple Blazed Trail, heading N.
  30. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  31. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  33. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  34. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 150 ftTurn right onto Green Loop Trail, heading NE.
  37. 0.3 miBear right onto Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, heading NW.
  38. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hartwood Acres, heading W.
  39. 50 ftSharp right onto Blue / White Dot Trail, heading W.
  40. 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue Blazed Trail, heading W.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  42. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  43. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  44. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/purple-blazed-trail-red-white-dot-blazed-trail-out-back-3-sights-6-km-0c1f

Trail surface

95% dirt4% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 0 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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