Welkinweir & Rodebaugh Dam via Blue Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Nantmeal Village, PA. The route passes Rodebaugh Dam before reaching Welkinweir at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 314 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi390 – 620 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.14792, -75.68587
Nearest town Nantmeal Village, PA
Directions
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Welkinweir & Rodebaugh Dam via Blue Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 51 min
Elevation 390–619 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.14792, -75.68587
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.7 miPass Rodebaugh Dam.
- 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Welkinweir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
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- Rodebaugh Dam via Blue Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 421 ft
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