Red / White Dot Blazed Sunset Point–Blue Blazed Trail Loop, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 46 min
Red / White Dot Blazed Sunset Point–Blue Blazed Trail Loop, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile loop in Hartwood Acres near Dorseyville, PA. The route reaches Red / White Dot Blazed Sunset Point. It climbs 255 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Red / White Dot Blazed Sunset Point–Blue Blazed Trail Loop, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 46 min
Elevation 1,149–1,307 ft
Loop · Hartwood Acres
Trailhead: 40.56857, -79.90907
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 77°F / low 66° · precip 12% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Hartwood Acres, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Purple/Red Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Green Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftPass Red / White Dot Blazed Sunset Point.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red / White Dot Blazed Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue / White Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Blazed Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Red Trail [Rachel Carson Connector Trail], heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto White Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Orange Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftThe loop closes 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:15 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Green Loop Trail & Red / White Dot Blazed Trail 2 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Purple Blazed Trail & Red Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Red / White Dot Blazed Trail & Yellow Loop Trail via Green Loop Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 293 ft
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