Purple Trail–White / Green Dot Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 830 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Purple Trail–White / Green Dot Trail, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Sample, PA. It climbs 830 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Purple Trail–White / Green Dot Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 830 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 979–1,240 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.58133, -79.97836
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 79°F / low 67° · precip 13% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Transit-accessible: Hemlock Dr + Sample stop 585 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White / Brown Dot Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old White / Red Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach White Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Old White / Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto White / Brown Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto White Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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 0.6 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Hemlock Dr + Sample stop 585 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White / Red Dot Trail & White Trail Loop via Rachel Carson Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 210 ft
- Blue Trail via Rachel Carson Trail 2 mi · ▲ 241 ft
- Contour Trail–White / Red Dot Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- White / Green Dot Trail & White Trail via Rachel Carson Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 377 ft
- North Park Meadow Overlook–North Park Lake, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 441 ft
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