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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. 

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! |
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