MTB Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Frigid, PA. It climbs 2,152 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,637 – 3,107 ft · steepest grade: 47%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.28806, -78.56485
Nearest town Frigid, PA
Directions
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MTB Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 2,152 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Elevation 1,636–3,107 ft
Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park
Trailhead: 40.28806, -78.56485
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Three Springs Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto MTB Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ingot Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dunnings Creek Way, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto MTB Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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
28% dirt72% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Chappells Field Viewpoint–Camp One Road, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 618 ft
- Rock-n-Ridge #3 - MTB Trail & Rock-n-Ridge Trail via Sawmill Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,229 ft
- Camp One Road–Chappells Field Trail Loop, 7 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 825 ft
- Mountain View Roller Coaster - MTB Trail–Rock-n-Ridge #2 - MTB Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,349 ft
- Rock-n-Ridge Trail–Sawmill Trail Loop, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 958 ft
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