Lookout Loop - MTB Trail & MTB Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Frigid, PA. It climbs 569 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,776 – 3,107 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.29484, -78.55068
Nearest town Frigid, PA
Directions
AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com
Lookout Loop - MTB Trail & MTB Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 2,774–3,107 ft
Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park
Trailhead: 40.29484, -78.55068
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto MTB Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Lookout Loop - MTB Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mountain View Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto MTB Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Lookout Loop - MTB Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Three Springs Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto MTB Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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
35% dirt18% paved47% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
Get outside more
A wild hike near Frigid, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Frigid, Pennsylvania