Midstate Trail Little Juniata via Lower Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Blairfour, PA. It climbs 977 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi712 – 1,604 ft · steepest grade: 34%11.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.54024, -78.16200
Nearest town Blairfour, PA
Directions
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Midstate Trail Little Juniata via Lower Trail
11.3 mi · ▲ 977 ft · 4 hr 15 min
Elevation 712–1,605 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.54024, -78.16200
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:39 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading NE.
- 3.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Quarry Road, heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Midstate Trail Little Juniata, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Midstate Trail Little Juniata, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Quarry Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Lower Trail, heading W.
- 3.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
60% gravel7% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:39 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.6 mi in (~163 min). Leave by 4:36 PM for the 7:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Lower Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 802 ft
- Lower Trail 10 mi · ▲ 830 ft
- Lower Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 921 ft
- Maple Spring Trail via Lower Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft
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