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Blue Knob State Park

Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail–Chappells Field Trail, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 806 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail–Chappells Field Trail, 6 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Frigid, PA. It climbs 806 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,575 – 2,405 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.28973, -78.59357
Nearest town Frigid, PA
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Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail–Chappells Field Trail, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 806 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,575–2,406 ft

Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park

Trailhead: 40.28973, -78.59357

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Chappells Field Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge #1 - MTB Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto MTB Trail, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading S.
  9. 450 ftReach Crist Ridge Trail - MTB Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crist Ridge Trail - MTB Trail, heading S.
  12. 2 miSharp left onto Chappells Field Trail, heading NE.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/chappells-field-trail-mtb-trail-chappells-field-trail-out-back-6-sights-8-km-64c8

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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