Black Moshannon State Park

Allegheny Front Trail & Smays Run Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 5 hr 39 min

Allegheny Front Trail & Smays Run Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Black Moshannon State Park near Beaver Mills, PA. It climbs 762 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,867 – 2,083 ft16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Smays Run Trail 40.88315, -78.02102
Nearest town Beaver Mills, PA

Directions

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Allegheny Front Trail & Smays Run Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 5 hr 39 min

Elevation 1,867–2,083 ft

Out & Back · Black Moshannon State Park

Trailhead: Smays Run Trail · 40.88315, -78.02102

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:38 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Smays Run Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Allegheny Front Trail, heading W.
  3. 6.8 miSharp left onto Wolf Rock Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miReach Smays Run Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right onto Allegheny Front Trail, heading NW.
  6. 6.8 miTurn right onto Smays Run Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

90% dirt10% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:38 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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