Red / Blue Dot Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Red / Blue Dot Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Keown, PA. It climbs 633 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi971 – 1,201 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange / Blue Cap Trail 40.60264, -80.01522
Nearest town Keown, PA
Directions
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Red / Blue Dot Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 971–1,201 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Orange / Blue Cap Trail · 40.60264, -80.01522
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange / Blue Cap Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red / Brown Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green / Yellow Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Orange / Blue Cap Trail, heading W.
- 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 surface
50% paved42% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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