Squirrel Trail (Spur Trail) (Purple) via Scout Field Loop (Blue) is a 2-mile out-and-back near Wexford, PA. It climbs 337 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,047 – 1,263 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.61606, -80.04263
Nearest town Wexford, PA
Directions
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Squirrel Trail (Spur Trail) (Purple) via Scout Field Loop (Blue)
2 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 50 min
Elevation 1,048–1,263 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.61606, -80.04263
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Scout Field Loop (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Crow's Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Squirrel Trail (Spur Trail) (Purple/Blue), heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Squirrel Trail (Spur Trail) (Purple), heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Squirrel Trail (Spur Trail) (Purple), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Squirrel Trail (Spur Trail) (Purple/Blue), heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crow's Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Scout Field Loop (Blue), heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
43% dirt17% grass40% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:48 PM
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- Pigeon Field Trail (Walter's Field) (White) via Rachel Carson Trail 2 mi · ▲ 203 ft
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