Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Black Run Preserve: Red, White, Yellow & Blue Trail


This hike is a culmination of the 3 previous Black Run hikes that we've been on and explores the red, white and blue trails within the preserve. 

Trailhead

The trailhead for this is the junction between all 3 of the main trails (0.75 miles from the Kings Grant Drive/Crown Royal Parkway parking lot). We started at the lot and walked to the head of the trail. The order for this will be Blue > Red > White > Yellow > Red > Blue. 

Blazes

All of these trails are fairly well marked with the exception of the junction between white and red. 


Points along the way

  • 0.75 Miles from parking lot - Trail Head
  • 1 Mile from the parking lot - Red trail branches off to the right (red trail blaze above)
  • 1.3 Miles from the parking lot - trail switches to white blazes and the white trail goes out to Kettle Run Rd
  • 1.6 Miles from the start - White trail ends at Kettle Run Rd (turn around)
  • 1.7 Miles from the start - Yellow trail branches to the right (we will use the Yellow trail as a bridge to get back to Red)
  • 1.8 Miles from the start - rejoin the Red trail after crossing a "bridge"
  • 2.1 Miles from the start - we rejoin the Blue trail across from the aeration ponds (make a right)