Spruce Knob & MTB Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Fredericksburg, PA. The route reaches Spruce Knob. It climbs 812 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,464 – 3,107 ft7.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Laurel Run Road 40.30843, -78.51983
Nearest town Fredericksburg, PA
Directions
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Spruce Knob & MTB Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 2,464–3,107 ft
Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park
Trailhead: Laurel Run Road · 40.30843, -78.51983
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftPass Spruce Knob.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto MTB Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Delaware Run, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mountain View Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Spruce Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto MTB Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Delaware Run, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM
More from Laurel Run Road Trailhead
- MTB Trail Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- MTB Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- MTB Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 819 ft
- Spruce Knob & Split Rail Hollow Loop via MTB Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- MTB Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 846 ft
- MTB Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 749 ft
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