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Blue Knob State Park

Mountain View Roller Coaster - MTB Trail–Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, 7 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 959 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Mountain View Roller Coaster - MTB Trail–Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, 7 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Pavia, PA. It climbs 959 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,647 – 2,536 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock-n-Ridge #3 40.27307, -78.58711
Nearest town Pavia, PA
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Mountain View Roller Coaster - MTB Trail–Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, 7 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 959 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 1,648–2,536 ft

Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park

Trailhead: Rock-n-Ridge #3 · 40.27307, -78.58711

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn left onto MTB Trail, heading N.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge #3 - MTB Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge Connector, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right onto Sawmill Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mountain View Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Mountain View Trail - MTB Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mountain View Roller Coaster - MTB Trail, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Mountain View Trail - MTB Trail, heading NW.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge - MTB Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Trail, heading NW.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miContinue straight onto MTB Trail, heading S.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Rock-n-Ridge #3, heading S.
  20. 350 ftArrive 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/mountain-view-roller-coaster-mtb-trail-rock-n-ridge-2-mtb-trail-out-back-7-sights-9-km

Trail surface

44% dirt56% 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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