Red / Blue Dot Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 518 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Red / Blue Dot Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back near Wexford, PA. It climbs 518 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red / Blue Dot Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 518 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 960–1,245 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Red / Green Cap Trail · 40.62071, -80.01443
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 79°F / low 66° · precip 13% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
- Start on Red / Green Cap Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red / Brown Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading W.
- 2.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Red / Green Cap Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 7:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 9 min before dark.
More from Red / Green Cap Trail Trailhead
- Red / Blue Dot Trail 2 mi · ▲ 266 ft
- Red / Blue Dot Trail Loop 5.4 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Red / Blue Dot Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 515 ft
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