If you are looking for some climbing, but only have a couple of hours to spare, this is the ride for you. After heading towards the airport, you will bear north on Fillmore Road and climb Bald Eagle Mountain. After a run along the ridge, offering occasional and spectacular views of the Allegheny front, you will descend to and through picturesque Bellefonte. A second (lesser) climb up Seibert Road will get you on your way back to the University Park Campus.
- Length: 25.0 miles
- Rating: Moderate
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Total Distance |
Leg Distance |
Action |
Comment |
|
0.0 |
0.0 |
R / S |
Turn right out of visitor’s center onto Porter Road. Cross Park Ave. immediately, road becomes Fox Hollow Road. |
|
2.0 |
2.0 |
BR |
Fox Hollow bends right and becomes Fox Hill Road |
|
3.5 |
1.5 |
L |
Turn left onto Fillmore Road |
|
4.7 |
1.2 |
S |
Cross 550 (Buffalo Run Road) and start climbing |
|
6.8 |
2.1 |
R |
At the stop sign, turn right onto Purdue Mountain Road. |
|
12.5 |
5.7 |
BL |
At the stop sign, bear left onto Valley View Road. (Variation: turn right onto Valley View Road and ride back to Fillmore Road.) |
|
12.8 |
0.3 |
BL / S |
Bear left at the first intersection and then continue straight at the second on Upper Coleville Road |
|
13.8 |
1.0 |
S |
Cross Lamb Street. A convenience store will be on your left. The historic Gamble Mill Tavern will also be on your left. |
|
14.0 |
0.1 |
L |
Turn left on West High Street |
|
14.0 |
0.0 |
R |
Turn right on North Potter Street (just before RR tracks), which becomes Slaughterhouse Road. |
|
15.3 |
1.3 |
S |
Cross 550. |
|
15.6 |
0.3 |
BR |
Bear right onto Seibert Road and start climbing. |
|
18.9 |
3.2 |
L |
Turn left at the T onto Rock Road. |
|
19.3 |
0.4 |
S |
Pass through stop sign at Fox Hill Road and begin descent. Note: sharp right turn at bottom. |
|
21.9 |
2.6 |
R |
At stop sign, turn right onto Houserville Road. |
|
22.7 |
0.8 |
R |
Right at Puddintown Road. |
|
23.6 |
0.9 |
R |
Right onto Orchard Road. |
|
24.5 |
0.9 |
L |
Left onto Park Ave. |
|
24.9 |
0.4 |
L |
Left onto Porter Road. |
|
25.0 |
0.1 |
L |
Left into visitor center’s parking lot! |