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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftPass Spruce Knob.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto MTB Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Delaware Run, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 300 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 1.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  10. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Connector Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Mountain View Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miReach Spruce Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto MTB Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left onto Delaware Run, heading NE.
  24. 100 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM

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