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Purple Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Purple Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Keown, PA. It climbs 450 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi968 – 1,178 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Green / Yellow Dot Trail 40.60226, -80.01061
Nearest town Keown, PA
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Purple Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 968–1,179 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Green / Yellow Dot Trail · 40.60226, -80.01061

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Green / White Dot Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Green / Black Dot Trail, heading W.
  6. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Purple Trail, heading S.
  9. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftBear right onto Green / Black Dot Trail, heading E.
  13. 500 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miBear left onto Green / White Dot Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading NW.
  17. 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-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

76% dirt22% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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