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Blue Knob State Park

Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail–Chappells Field Trail, 5 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 764 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail–Chappells Field Trail, 5 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Frigid, PA. It climbs 764 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,647 – 2,425 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chappells Field Trail 40.29097, -78.59235
Nearest town Frigid, PA
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Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail–Chappells Field Trail, 5 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 764 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 1,648–2,423 ft

Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park

Trailhead: Chappells Field Trail · 40.29097, -78.59235

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Chappells Field Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Lost Turkey Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Chappells Field Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left onto Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge #1 - MTB Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading SW.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto MTB Trail, heading S.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading S.
  10. 450 ftReach Chappells Field Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto MTB Trail, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Rock-n-Ridge #1 - MTB Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miBear left onto Chappells Field Trail - MTB Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Chappells Field Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lost Turkey Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Chappells Field Trail, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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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-7205

Trail surface

61% dirt39% 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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