Blue Knob & MTB Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Fredericksburg, PA. The route reaches Blue Knob at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,080 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,352 – 3,110 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.30667, -78.52883
Nearest town Fredericksburg, PA
Directions
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Blue Knob & MTB Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,080 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 2,354–3,109 ft
Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park
Trailhead: 40.30667, -78.52883
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto MTB Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftReach Blue Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto MTB Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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
46% dirt54% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM
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