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Chappells Field Viewpoint–Camp One Road, 5 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Knob State Park near Fredericksburg, PA. The route reaches Chappells Field Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 1,317 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,448 – 3,107 ft · steepest grade: 28%11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brush Hollow 40.30714, -78.51969
Nearest town Fredericksburg, PA

Directions

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Chappells Field Viewpoint–Camp One Road, 5 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,317 ft · 4 hr 18 min

Elevation 2,449–3,107 ft

Out & Back · Blue Knob State Park

Trailhead: Brush Hollow · 40.30714, -78.51969

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto MTB Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Connector Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Mountain View Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Rock-n-Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Trail, heading NW.
  14. 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto Camp One Road, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miBear left onto Chappells Field, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Chappells Field Trail, heading SW.
  19. 300 ftReach Chappells Field Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 300 ftTurn left onto Chappells Field, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miBear right onto Sawmill Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Camp One Road, heading E.
  23. 200 ftBear left onto Sawmill Trail, heading E.
  24. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock-n-Ridge Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  26. 0.3 miSharp left onto Mountain View Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.3 miSharp right onto Three Springs Trail, heading NE.
  28. 0.2 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.1 miBear right onto MTB Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  31. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  32. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  33. 1.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 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

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:40 PM

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