Yellow Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Yellow Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mingo Creek County Park near Kammerer, PA. It climbs 314 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Yellow Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 878–1,116 ft
Out & Back · Mingo Creek County Park
Trailhead: 40.19188, -80.04561
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Blue Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Blue Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Yellow Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft
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