Kentuck Campground
Campground
Campground · 5.3 mi from the trail
Pennsylvania · Rock climbing · Dunbar · Near Uniontown
Entrance Block
- 12 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11b
- Sport · Trad · Top Rope
- Aug–Oct
- best months
Entrance Block is a climbing area on State Game Land 051 in Pennsylvania, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. It sits among several other climbing areas, with The Lost Crag, S.B.R. Block and Crack World all about 0.1 mile away. The area has 12 routes, with sport climbing making up seven of them and trad climbing four. The grades run from 5.7 to 5.11b, with the median at 5.10a. Among the named routes are Swarm, a 5.7 trad climb, and Always Wet, a 5.11b top-rope route. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 79°F with lows near 55°F, while January highs average about 34°F. For a change from the rock, the Pimo Rocks Trail and Lower Pimo Rocks Trail are both about 2 miles away. Kentuck Campground, roughly 5 miles off, offers a place to stay.
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More in UniontownBest time to go · Aug–Oct
Best time to visit Entrance Block
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
34° / 15°
20 wet
Feb
38° / 16°
17 wet
Mar
48° / 23°
17 wet
Apr
61° / 33°
16 wet
May
69° / 43°
15 wet
Jun
75° / 52°
13 wet
Jul
79° / 55°
13 wet
Aug
77° / 54°
12 wet
Sep
71° / 47°
11 wet
Oct
61° / 36°
12 wet
Nov
49° / 27°
14 wet
Dec
39° / 20°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Chalk Hill 2 Ene, PA, 5 mi away at 1,980 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (12)
Tic-TacFA: Andrew Benedicktus5.10Huck Yeah!FA: Caleb Hills5.10aGrand CentralFA: Tim Anderson5.10bIn the Think of ItFA: Tim Anderson5.10bMake OverFA: Mike Varlotta5.10bPumper5.10cAlways WetFA: Grag Zamule5.11bSwarmFA: Rick Zinnikas, Jeff Secker5.7EncroachmentFA: Todd McCormick5.8StemosisFA: Tom Kopler, Tim Anderson5.8Cherry TopFA: Mike Varlotta5.9HeartyFA: Mike Varlotta5.9
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