Shawnee State Park

Shawnee Lake–Field Trail, 5 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Shawnee Lake–Field Trail, 5 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Shawnee State Park near Schellsburg, PA. The route reaches Shawnee Lake. It climbs 1,038 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,171 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Field Trail 40.03651, -78.63442
Nearest town Schellsburg, PA

Directions

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Shawnee Lake–Field Trail, 5 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Elevation 1,173–1,456 ft

Out & Back · Shawnee State Park

Trailhead: Field Trail · 40.03651, -78.63442

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Field Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Shawnee Lake.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Felton Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miSharp left onto Pigeon Hills Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tiday Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lake Shore Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miReach Shawnee Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Tiday Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left onto Pigeon Hills Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right onto Felton Trail, heading NW.
  15. 1 miBear left onto Field Trail, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:40 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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