Chestnut Trail
- 0.5 mi
- round trip
- 310 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Aug–Oct
- best months
Chestnut Trail is a short, easy mountain biking route in Pleasant Valley Park in Pennsylvania, about half a mile from the park's center. The trail is an out-and-back, roughly 0.9 miles long, with a low point of 1,038 feet and a high of 1,120 feet. The steepest stretch comes at about 0.3 miles in, with a 7% grade. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 74°F and September highs around 77°F, with July the warmest month at about 86°F. Several other trails sit close by. Hank's Trail, Red Maple Trail and Hemlock Trail are each about 0.1 mile away, and White Oak Trail, a hiking route, is about 0.3 mile off.
Local outfitters
- Venture Outdoors22 mi away
- Ohiopyle Trading Post39 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Hank's TrailMountain biking0.1 mi
- Red Maple TrailMountain biking0.1 mi
- Hemlock TrailMountain biking0.1 mi
- Cheeky Chipmunk TrailMountain biking0.2 mi
- White Oak TrailHiking0.3 mi
- Zoey TrailMountain biking0.4 mi
- Hornbeam TrailMountain biking0.4 mi
- Beaver RunCanoeing8.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Red Maple TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Zoey TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Coronary TrailMountain biking · ~2 min drive
- Hemlock TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Gilbert Trail ExtensionMountain biking · ~4 min drive
- Cheeky Chipmunk TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Gilbert LoopMountain biking · ~4 min drive
- Hank's TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Sawyer TrailMountain biking · ~7 min drive
- Hank's TrailMountain biking · Next door
Best time to visit Chestnut Trail
Best months: August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
38° / 22°
15 wet
Feb
41° / 22°
13 wet
Mar
50° / 29°
12 wet
Apr
64° / 39°
13 wet
May
74° / 51°
15 wet
Jun
83° / 59°
14 wet
Jul
86° / 64°
13 wet
Aug
84° / 62°
12 wet
Sep
77° / 55°
10 wet
Oct
65° / 43°
12 wet
Nov
52° / 33°
11 wet
Dec
41° / 27°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Murrysville 2 Sw, PA, 2.1 mi away at 860 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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