AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

State Game Lands Number 158

Bear Pen Road

6 mi · ▲ 660 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Bear Pen Road is a 6-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 158 near Blandburg, PA. It climbs 660 ft. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,290 – 2,543 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Pen Road 40.68760, -78.39579
Nearest town Blandburg, PA
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Bear Pen Road

6 mi · ▲ 660 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 2,289–2,544 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 158

Trailhead: Bear Pen Road · 40.68760, -78.39579

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bear Pen Road, heading SE.
  2. 3 miReach Bear Pen Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-pen-road-out-back-12-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:40 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:07 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Blandburg, Pennsylvania