Beaver Dam Viewpoint–Black Moshannon Beach, 6 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Black Moshannon State Park near Beaver Mills, PA. The route passes Beaver Dam Viewpoint and Beaver Pond before reaching Black Moshannon Beach at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 388 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,867 – 1,985 ft16.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: AFT Connector - Beaver Mills 40.88813, -78.03933
Nearest town Beaver Mills, PA
Directions
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Beaver Dam Viewpoint–Black Moshannon Beach, 6 sights
16 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Elevation 1,867–1,986 ft
Out & Back · Black Moshannon State Park
Trailhead: AFT Connector - Beaver Mills · 40.88813, -78.03933
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:38 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on AFT Connector - Beaver Mills, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Allegheny Front Trail & Moss-Hanne Trail, heading SW.
- 2.8 miBear right onto Moss-Hanne Trail, heading N.
- 4 miPass Beaver Dam Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Beaver Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Seneca Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hay Road Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sleepy Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftPass Black Moshannon Beach.
- 0.2 miReach Beaver Dam Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Seneca Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Moss-Hanne Trail, heading S.
- 4.2 miBear left onto Allegheny Front Trail & Moss-Hanne Trail, heading SE.
- 2.8 miSharp right onto AFT Connector - Beaver Mills, heading SE.
- 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
93% dirt3% boardwalk4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:45 AMSunset 7:38 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from AFT Connector - Beaver Mills Trailhead
- Allegheny Front Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Allegheny Front Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 436 ft
- Smays Run Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- Beaver Meadow Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Beaver Meadow Trail via Allegheny Front Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Allegheny Front Trail & Moss-Hanne Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 168 ft
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