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Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Black Road Trail

10.1 mi · ▲ 815 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Black Road Trail is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest near Sagon, PA. It climbs 815 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi955 – 1,516 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.79064, -76.50277
Nearest town Sagon, PA
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Black Road Trail

10.1 mi · ▲ 815 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 955–1,516 ft

Out & Back · Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Trailhead: 40.79064, -76.50277

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 2.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Black Road Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  25. 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  32. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/black-road-trail-out-back-16-km-bdaf

Trail surface

10% dirt90% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~141 min). Leave by 4:52 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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