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Purple Trail & White / Green Dot Trail via Rachel Carson Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 690 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Purple Trail & White / Green Dot Trail via Rachel Carson Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Wildwood, PA. It climbs 690 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi978 – 1,237 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: White Trail 40.59058, -79.98554
Nearest town Wildwood, PA
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Purple Trail & White / Green Dot Trail via Rachel Carson Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 690 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 979–1,238 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: White Trail · 40.59058, -79.98554

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Purple Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.9 miReach White / Green Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  21. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/purple-trail-white-green-dot-trail-out-back-7-km-fae1

Trail surface

76% dirt14% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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